| Date: | Saturday 30 May 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair CV-240-17 |
| Owner/operator: | Trans Florida Airlines |
| Registration: | N87949 |
| MSN: | 202 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 18581 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN) -
 Puerto Rico
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN/TJBQ) |
| Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN/TJBQ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |
Convair CV-240 N87949 was engaged in a training flight out of Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN), Puerto Rico.
During a touch and go exercise, the trainee copilot lifted the landing gear handle, thinking it was the flap handle. The left hand main gear and nose landing gear collapsed. The plane settled onto the runway and skidded.
Sources:
FAA
Location
Images:
photo (c) Pedro de la Cruz, via Werner Fischdick; Santiago Municipal Airport (STI); January 1998
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