# Accident 19920607030049A: Casa C212, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, June 7, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1992, 14:34 local time
- Place: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Eugenio Maria De Hostos Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TRBA
- 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: N355CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N355CA-1992-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Construcciones Aeronauticas 212-200 (registry code 2410200, https://openairdocs.org/model/construcciones-aeronauticas-212-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CASA C212
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33110
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 6,634 total, 2,634 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA92MA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92MA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920607030049A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES PROPS WENT TO BETA JUST PRIOR CRASH ENCOUNTERING WINDSHEAR ON APPROACH. STALLED AND DIVED INTO GROUND.

## 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 MIA92MA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92MA131), Jun 7, 1992: CASA 212 (N355CA), Mayaguez, PR, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE BETA BLOCKING DEVICE FOR UNDETERMINED REASON(S), AND THE SECOND-PILOT'S INADVERTENT ACTIVATION OF THE POWER LEVER, OR LEVERS, AFT OF THE FLIGHT IDLE POSITION AND INTO THE BETA…

## Other reports on N355CA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840313012609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840313012609I), Mar 13, 1984: Casa C212 (N355CA), Peoria, IL. Lost directional control while using reverse thrust during landing rollout. Departed runway.

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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