Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 24 June 1972
Aircraft Type: de Havilland DH-114 Prinair Heron 2B
Owner/operator: Prinair
Registration Number: N554PR
Location: Ponce-Mercedita Airport (PSE) –
ÿ Puerto Rico
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 20
Component Affected: Aircraft control system (specifically, the rotation control system).Aircraft control system (specifically, the rotation control system).
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
A Heron aircraft crashed while attempting to land on runway 29 after a go-around. The accident resulted from a loss of directional control due to excessive rotation during a low-speed go-around attempt.A Heron aircraft crashed while attempting to land on runway 29 after a go-around. The accident resulted from a loss of directional control due to excessive rotation during a low-speed go-around attempt.
Description
The Heron was over-rotated, lost control and crashed while the crew were executing a go-around after trying to land on runway 29. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the loss of directional control during a go-around from a landing attempt. Control was lost when the aircraft was overrotated at too low an airspeed to sustain flight. The crew’s reasons for rejecting the landing are not known.”
Primary Cause
Loss of directional control during a go-around from a landing attempt due to excessive rotation at too low an airspeed.Loss of directional control during a go-around from a landing attempt due to excessive rotation at too low an airspeed.Share on:
