Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 JUN 1998 |
| Type: | Convair CV-240-17 |
| Operator: | Trans Florida Airlines |
| Registration: | N87949 |
| C/n / msn: | 202 |
| First flight: | 1950 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN) (Puerto Rico)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN/TJBQ), Puerto Rico |
| Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN/TJBQ), Puerto Rico |
Gear up was selected during a touch and go instead of full flaps. The plane settled onto the runway and skidded.
Sources:
» Scramble 230
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Distance from Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport to Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport to Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
