# Accident 19970522011689A: Cvac T29B, Luquillo, Puerto Rico, May 22, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Luquillo, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WNRB
- Location: 18.3762° N, 65.7217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Luquillo, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3762&lon=-65.7217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N355T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N355T-1998-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair T-29B (registry code 2422644, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-t-29b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC T29B
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970522011689A

## Narrative

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

LOW OIL PRESSURE LEFT ENGINE. SHUT DOWN. THEN RIGHT ENGINE. RESTARTED LEFT BUT LANDED BEACH SHALLOW WATER. (-23) NO NARRATIVE.

## 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 MIA97LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA174), May 22, 1997: Convair CV-240 (N355T), San Juan, PR, destroyed. Probable cause: failure of the aft master rod in the right engine, and failure of the front master rod bearing in the left engine, which resulted in a forced landing on a beach and a subsequent encounter with ocean…

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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