Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 7 June 1992
Aircraft Type: CASA C-212 Aviocar 200
Owner/operator: American Eagle, opb Executive Airlines
Registration Number: N355CA
Location: 1,2 km SW of Mayaguez-Eugenio M. de Hostos Airport (MAZ) –
ÿ Puerto Rico
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: The aircraft’s flight control system, specifically the beta blocking device and the power lever/levers.The aircraft’s flight control system, specifically the beta blocking device and the power lever/levers.
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
An aircraft lost control during final approach and crashed in a nose-down attitude due to a failure of the beta blocking device and an inadvertent activation of the power lever/levers in the beta range.An aircraft lost control during final approach and crashed in a nose-down attitude due to a failure of the beta blocking device and an inadvertent activation of the power lever/levers in the beta range.
Description
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.”
Primary Cause
The failure of the beta blocking device for undetermined reasons, and the second-pilot’s inadverent 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.The failure of the beta blocking device for undetermined reasons, and the second-pilot’s inadverent 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.Share on:
