Loss of control Accident CASA C-212 Aviocar 200 N355CA, Sunday 7 June 1992

Date:	Sunday 7 June 1992
Time:	14:34
Type:	CASA C-212 Aviocar 200
Owner/operator:	American Eagle, opb Executive Airlines
Registration:	N355CA
MSN:	234
Year of manufacture:	1982
Total airframe hrs:	14135 hours
Engine model:	Garrett TPE331-10R-51
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1,2 km SW of Mayaguez-Eugenio M. de Hostos Airport (MAZ) - Puerto Rico
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	San Juan-Isla Grande Airport (SIG/TJIG)
Destination airport:	Mayaguez-Eugenio M. de Hostos Airport (MAZ/TJMZ)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft lost control on final approach and crashed in a nose-down attitude.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the beta blocking device for undetermined reason(s), and the second-pilot's inadvertent activation of the power lever, or levers, aft of the flight idle position and into the beta range, resulting in a loss of airplane control."

Accident investigation: