# Accident 19840802076919A: Bnorm BN2A6, Vieques, Puerto Rico, August 2, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1984, 08:05 local time
- Place: Vieques, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Vieques
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VLIA
- Location: 18.1481° N, 65.4443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vieques, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.1481&lon=-65.4443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N589SA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2A6
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4C5
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 8
- Pilot flight hours: 723 total, 105 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA84AA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA84AA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840802076919A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

POWER LOST ON LEFT ENGINE DUE TO WATER IN FUEL, OVER GROSS WITH AFT CG AT TAKEOFF. STALLED AND IMPACTED IN OCEAN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA84AA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA84AA033), Aug 2, 1984: Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander (N589SA), Vieques, PR, destroyed, 9 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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