Incident Overview
Description
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.”
Primary Cause
Activation of the left propeller feathering button after the right engine failure, leading to loss of all engine power and a forced landing in water.Activation of the left propeller feathering button after the right engine failure, leading to loss of all engine power and a forced landing in water.Share on:
