Accident
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Schlussbericht |
| Datum: | 04 APR 2001 |
| Zeit: | 12:20 AST |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas DC-3A-S1C3G |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Roblex Aviation |
| Kennzeichen: | N19BA |
| Werknummer: | 4986 |
| Baujahr: | 1942 |
| Betriebsstunden: | 39832 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 2 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 2 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | San Juan, P.R. (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Anfangssteigflug (ICL) |
| Betriebsart: | Ausbildungsflug |
| Flug von: | San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU/TJSJ), |
| San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU/TJSJ), |
DC-3 N19BA was being used for a training flight out of San Juan-Luis Munoz Marin Airport to practice ILS approaches. After performing a touch-and-go on runway 10, the right engine failed. Engine failure emergency procedures where carried out when the left engine stopped producing power as well. The crew ditched the plane in the laguna La Torrecilla, one mile East of the airport. The co-pilot reported that the captain feathered the left propeller when carrying out the emergency procedures for the right hand engine.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain's activation of the left propeller feathering button after failure of the right engine for undetermined reasons resulting in loss of all engine power and the airplane making a forced landing in water." Informationsquelle:
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Distance from San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International 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.
