Date: | Wednesday 4 April 2001 |
Time: | 12:20 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3A-S1C3G |
Owner/operator: | Roblex Aviation |
Registration: | N19BA |
MSN: | 4986 |
Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
Total airframe hrs: | 39832 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,6 km E of San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) -
Puerto Rico
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU/TJSJ) |
Destination airport: | San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU/TJSJ) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative: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."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA01IA110 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
El Nuevo Día
FAA
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) Ken Madden; San Juan, P.R.; 05 April 2001
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Pontiac Airport, MI (PTK); 15 April 1990
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