Last updated: 3 August 2020
| Status: | Zwischenbericht |
| Datum: | Montag 15 Dezember 2008 |
| Zeit: | ca 17:10 |
| Flugzeugtyp: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-2 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Línea Aérea Puertorriqueña (LAP) |
| Kennzeichen: | N650LP |
| Werknummer: | 1029 |
| Baujahr: | 1976-05-25 (32 years 7 months) |
| Triebwerk: | 3 Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 1 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 11 / Insassen: 11 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 12 / Insassen: 12 |
| Sachschaden: | Vermisst |
| Konsequenzen: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Unfallort: | Caribbean Sea, off Turks and Caicos Islands ( Atlantischer Ozean)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer außerplanmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Santiago de los Caballeros-Cibao International Airport (STI/MDST), Dominikanische Republik |
| 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 shortly 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.
Informationsquelle:
» 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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accident date: 15-12-2008
type: Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-3
registration: VQ-TAD
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 Santiago de los Caballeros-Cibao International Airport to Mayaguana Airport as the crow flies is 412 km (258 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Santiago de los Caballeros-Cibao International Airport to Mayaguana Airport as the crow flies is 412 km (258 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of 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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