ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325765
| Date: | Friday 7 June 1991 |
| Time: | 16:45 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-201D |
| Owner/operator: | Victoria Air S.A. |
| Registration: | N102AP |
| MSN: | 2257 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1940 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Puerto Plata-La Union Airport (POP) -
 Dominican Republic
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | El Portillo/Samaná-Arroyo Barril International Airport (EPS/MDAB) |
| Puerto Plata-La Union International Airport (POP/MDPP) |
The no. 2 engine failed while approaching Puerto Plata and the crew elected to carry out an emergency landing on runway 08. The first approach was abandoned and the remaining engine lost power. A forced landing was carried out in a sugar cane field.
Sources:
Scramble Vol.13, nr.04
Scramble 152
Images:
photo (c) Rolf Larsson; San Juan-Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, Puerto Rico (SJU); 31 October 1987
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); March 1990
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