# Accident 19861029052159A: Dhav DHC3, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 29, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1986, 13:10 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Isla Grande
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N778L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N778L-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2800202, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC3
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA87FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861029052159A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HIT A TREE DURING TAKEOFF. GROSS WEIGHT WAS ONE TON OVER MAXIMUM WHICH REDUCED CLIMB PERFORMANCE.

## 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 MIA87FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA015), Oct 29, 1986: de Havilland DHC-3 (N778L), San Juan, PR, destroyed, 1 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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