# Incident 19970519026359I: Bnorm BN2B26, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, May 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1997, 16:50 local time
- Place: Fajardo, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Diego Jimenez Torres Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VLIA
- Location: 18.3333° N, 65.6576° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fajardo, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3333&lon=-65.6576&mi=10
- Aircraft: N907VL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N907VL-2000-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Britten-Norman BN2A-26 ISLANDER (registry code 1520226, https://openairdocs.org/model/britten-norman-bn2a-26-islander) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2B26
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4C5
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,320 total, 5,800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970519026359I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 19, 1997 AT APPROXIMATELY 1650, N907VL EXPERIENCED A RIGHT ENGINE SHUTDOWN DURING CRUISE FLIGHT FROM ST. CROIX, USVI TO FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO. PILOT FEATHERED ENGINE AND LANDED AT FAJARDO AIRPORT WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT TO FOLLOW.

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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