# Accident 19900613056479A: Beech D95A, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, June 13, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1990, 12:15 local time
- Place: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Eugenio Maria De Hostos Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.2557° N, 67.1485° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS (MAZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2557&lon=-67.1485&mi=10
- Aircraft: N744GP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N744GP-2013-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D95A (registry code 1153408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d95a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D95A
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 370 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA90LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900613056479A

## Narrative

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

LANDED IN A CRAB DUE TO STRONG CROSSWIND, VEERED OFF RUNWAY, STRUCK A DIRT MOUND WHICH COLLAPSED RIGHT MAIN GEAR.

## 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 MIA90LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA141), Jun 13, 1990: Beech D95A (N744GP), Mayaguez, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO PROPERTY ALIGN THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE RUNWAY. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE STRONG, GUSTY CROSSWIND.

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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