# Accident 19970630025929A: Cvac 24053, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 30, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1997, 07:45 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Part 125 operator
- Operator: S1XB
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N344MM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N344MM-1998-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 240-53 (registry code 242264A, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240-53) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 24053
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 6,970 in this make and model, 157 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970630025929A

## Narrative

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

LOST LEFT ENGINE ON INITIAL CLIMBOUT. FEATHERED. FAILED USE WET POWER ON GOOD. ENG. CRASHED ON BEACH. OVER GROSS WT (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 08 SJU LMM INTL. AIRPORT. LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER AND WAS FEATHERED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON BEACH EAST OF PINONES, P.R. (APPROX. 3 MI OFF END OF RUNWAY).  AIRCRAFT OVERWEIGHT 600 LBS.  ALL AVAILABLE POWER WAS NOT USED FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE.

## 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 ATL97LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA093), Jun 30, 1997: Convair 240-53 (N344MM), San Juan, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, the pilot's improper emergency procedure after the powewr loss, and the overloading of the airplane, resulting in an inability to maintain altitude…

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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