Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Estado: | Preliminar |
| Fecha: | 15 DIC 2008 |
| Hora: | ca 17:10 |
| Tipo: | Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-2 |
| Operador: | Línea Aérea Puertorriqueña (LAP) |
| Registración: | N650LP |
| Numéro de série: | 1029 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1976-05-25 (32 years 7 months) |
| Motores: | 3 Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 1 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 11 / Ocupantes: 11 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 12 / Ocupantes: 12 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Caribbean Sea, off Turks and Caicos Islands (Océano Atlántico)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico No Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Santiago de los Caballeros-Cibao International Airport (STI/MDST), República Dominicana |
| Mayaguana Airport (MYG/MYMM), Bahamas |
The BN-2A Trislander plane operated on a flight from Santiago de los Caballeros-Cibao International Airport (STI), Dominican Republic to Mayaguana (MYG), Bahamas. It departed at 16:06. An hour later, the pilot contacted Providenciales ATC (Turks and Caicos Islands) reporting that he had an emergency, according to Dominican officials. The airplane probably crashed into the sea shortl after the distress call.
A spokesman of the Asociación Nacional de Pilotos reported that the licence of the pilot on the accident airplane had been suspended in October 2006.
Search for the plane has been called off.
Fuentes:
» Estaba cancelada licencia piloto (El Viajero Digital, 16-12-2008)
» Buscan avión caído al mar con 12 pasajeros en R. Dominicana (Cadena Global, 16-12-2008)
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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 Santiago de los Caballeros-Cibao International Airport to Mayaguana Airport as the crow flies is 412 km (258 miles).
Distance from Santiago de los Caballeros-Cibao International Airport to Mayaguana Airport as the crow flies is 412 km (258 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.
