# Accident 19890825031709A: Beech C23, Barrinquitas, Puerto Rico, August 25, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1989, 15:59 local time
- Place: Barrinquitas, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.1848° N, 66.3101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Barranquitas, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.1848&lon=-66.3101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6573R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6573R-1990-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4J
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 5 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89FA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890825031709A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED FLYING LOW IN RAVINES. STRUCK SIDE OF RAVINE,EXPLODED AND BURNED.

## 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 MIA89FA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA233), Aug 25, 1989: Beech C23 (N6573R), Barranquitas, PR, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE FLYING SPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL AND SUBSEQUENT IMPACT WITH THE TERRAIN. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE:…

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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