# Accident 19870508080109A: Casa C212CC, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, May 8, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1987, 06:50 local time
- Place: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Mayaguez
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TRBA
- Location: 18.2012° N, 67.1418° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mayagüez, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2012&lon=-67.1418&mi=10
- Aircraft: N432CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N432CA-2012-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Construcciones Aeronauticas CASA-212-200 (registry code 2410304, https://openairdocs.org/model/construcciones-aeronauticas-casa-212-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CASA C212CC
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33110
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 9,802 total, 473 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA87MA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA87MA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870508080109A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY.PROP BLADE ANGLES SET INCORRECT CAUSED ASYMETRIC THRUST.PILOT HAD MADE AN UNSTABLE APPROACH

## 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 DCA87MA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA87MA030), May 8, 1987: CASA C-212-CC (N432CA), Mayaguez, PR, destroyed, 2 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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