Narrative:
Flight 5452 departed San Juan at 06:20 for a VFR flight to Mayaguez. The flight to Mayaguez was uneventful until the base leg turn to finals for runway 09. Witnesses saw the aircraft making a tight turn (without extending the downwind leg as usual) and overshooting the extended centreline. The aircraft then made a violent turn and entered a high sink rate. The right wingtip struck the ground 643 feet short of the runway threshold and 67 feet right of the extended centreline. The plane continued 100 feet through a chain-link fence and a ditch before pivoting about 180deg coming to rest upright.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper maintenance in setting propeller flight idle blade angle and engine fuel flow resulting in a loss of control from an asymmetric power condition. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's unstabilized visual approach."
Loss of control
» NTSB/AAR-88/07
accident date: 08-05-1987
type: CASA C-212 Aviocar 200
registration: N432CA
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Friday 8 May 1987 |
| Time: | 06:50 |
| Type: |  CASA C-212 Aviocar 200 |
| Operated by: | Executive Air Charter |
| On behalf of: | American Eagle |
| Registration: | N432CA |
| MSN: | 271 |
| First flight: | 1982-11-30 (4 years 5 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6264 |
| Cycles: | 11774 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TPE331-10R-511C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 0,2 km (0.1 mls) from Mayagüez Airport (MAZ) ( Puerto Rico)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | San Juan-Isla Grande Airport (SIG/TJIG), Puerto Rico |
| Mayaguez-Eugenio M. de Hostos Airport (MAZ/TJMZ), Puerto Rico | |
| Flightnumber: | 5452 |
Flight 5452 departed San Juan at 06:20 for a VFR flight to Mayaguez. The flight to Mayaguez was uneventful until the base leg turn to finals for runway 09. Witnesses saw the aircraft making a tight turn (without extending the downwind leg as usual) and overshooting the extended centreline. The aircraft then made a violent turn and entered a high sink rate. The right wingtip struck the ground 643 feet short of the runway threshold and 67 feet right of the extended centreline. The plane continued 100 feet through a chain-link fence and a ditch before pivoting about 180deg coming to rest upright.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper maintenance in setting propeller flight idle blade angle and engine fuel flow resulting in a loss of control from an asymmetric power condition. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's unstabilized visual approach."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Landing after unstabilized approachLoss of control
Sources:
» Aviation Letter 247» NTSB/AAR-88/07
Photos
accident date: 08-05-1987
type: CASA C-212 Aviocar 200
registration: N432CA
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 San Juan-Isla Grande Airport to Mayaguez-Eugenio M. de Hostos Airport as the crow flies is 112 km (70 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from San Juan-Isla Grande Airport to Mayaguez-Eugenio M. de Hostos Airport as the crow flies is 112 km (70 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.
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