Incident Overview

Date: Tuesday 22 July 1986
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-3A
Owner/operator: Borinquen Air
Registration Number: N27PR
Location: ca 2 km W of San Juan-Luis Mu¤oz Mar¡n International Airport (SJU) – ÿ Puerto Rico
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Second EngineSecond Engine
Category: Accident
A Douglas DC-3A cargo plane experienced a catastrophic failure of its second engine shortly after takeoff from San Juan-Luis Mu¤oz Mar¡n International Airport in Puerto Rico. The flight crew executed a right downwind leg to return to runway 10 for landing, but lost control, resulting in a right vertical bank and subsequent crash into Laguna San Jos‚. The failure was attributed to inadequate airspeed, improper pilot command, improper aircraft handling, failure of contributing factors such as terrain and equipment, and engine assembly issues.A Douglas DC-3A cargo plane experienced a catastrophic failure of its second engine shortly after takeoff from San Juan-Luis Mu¤oz Mar¡n International Airport in Puerto Rico. The flight crew executed a right downwind leg to return to runway 10 for landing, but lost control, resulting in a right vertical bank and subsequent crash into Laguna San Jos‚. The failure was attributed to inadequate airspeed, improper pilot command, improper aircraft handling, failure of contributing factors such as terrain and equipment, and engine assembly issues.

Description

The Douglas DC-3A cargo plane suffered a failure of the no.2 engine, shortly after takeoff from San Juan-Luis Mu¤oz Mar¡n International Airport in Puerto Rico. The flight crew flew a right downwind leg to return to runway 10 for landing. The propeller was feathered but the flight crew were not able to maintain altitude. As the aircraft turned to base leg, control was lost and the DC-3 crashed into Laguna San Jos‚ in a right vertical bank. PROBABLE CAUSE:” Airspeed .. inadequate .. pilot in command Aircraft handling .. improper .. pilot in command CONTRIBUTING FACTORS Terrain condition .. water, rough Engine assembly,ring .. failure, total Comm/nav equipment, transmitter .. failure, total Engine assembly, bearing .. failure, total Engine assembly, master rod .. failure, total”

Primary Cause

Inadequate airspeed, improper pilot command, improper aircraft handling, failure of contributing factors such as terrain and equipment, and engine assembly issues.Inadequate airspeed, improper pilot command, improper aircraft handling, failure of contributing factors such as terrain and equipment, and engine assembly issues.

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