Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 MAR 1997 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: | Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander |
| Operator: | Travelair |
| Registration: | N851JA |
| C/n / msn: | 913 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Engines: | 2 Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Guapiles (Costa Rica) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tortuquero Airport (TTQ), Costa Rica |
| San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO/MROC), Costa Rica |
Crashed in a triple canopy jungle after engine problems.
Sources:
» BAAA-ACRO
» NTSB
» Scramble
» WAAS
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tortuquero Airport to San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport as the crow flies is 98 km (62 miles).
Distance from Tortuquero Airport to San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport as the crow flies is 98 km (62 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
