# Accident 19970602012299A: Cessna 172N, Comerio, Puerto Rico, June 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1997
- Place: Comerio, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.2190° N, 66.2252° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Comerío, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2190&lon=-66.2252&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4752D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4752D-1999-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970602012299A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA, HIT TREES AND AN ABANDONED HOUSE. (-23) ON JUNE 2, 1997 (3:00 PM), THE PILOT OF N-4752D A C-172N, MADE A RIGHT TURN INTO RAISING TERRAIN OVER COMERIO, PUERTO RICO.  AS A RESULT THE PROPELLER AND THE RIGHT WING HIT A PALM TREE, AND THE WING COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN BODY OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE RIGHT AND HIT AN EMPTY HOUSE INVERTED. 3 PEOPLE WERE FATALLY INJURED, THE AIRCRAFT AND THE HOUSE WERE DESTROYED IN A POST ACCIDENT FIRE.  NTSB REPRESENTATIVE ON SITE WAS MR. ALAN YURMAN, SRO-MIAMI.

## 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 MIA97FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA176), Jun 2, 1997: Cessna 172N (N4752D), Comerio, PR, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in his failure to maintain sufficient altitude/clearance from obstructions on rising terrain.

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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