# Accident 19980918034611A: Govt N22S, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, September 18, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1998
- Place: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4375° N, 67.1543° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aguadilla, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4375&lon=-67.1543&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6302W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6302W-2018-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Government Aircraft Factories N22B (registry code 3880102, https://openairdocs.org/model/government-aircraft-factories-n22b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-B17 series (registry code 03017, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-b17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GOVT N22S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL98GA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98GA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980918034611A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N6302W COLLIED IN FLIGHT WITH COMPANY AIRCRAFT N6305U (U.S. CUSTOMS) 135 NM S/SW OF THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO. MINOR DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN N6302W. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT BORINQUEN AIRPORT IN AGUADILLA, P.R. AIRCRAFT N6305U CRASHED INTO THE OCEAN 1 MILE OFF MONA ISLAND, PUERTO RICO.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6305U, Govt N22S: [Accident 19980918034612A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980918034612A)

## 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 ATL98GA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98GA127), Sep 18, 1998: Government Aircraft Fact N22S (N6302W), Caribbean Sea, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot-in-command of the other aircraft (N6305U) to maintain physical clearance from N6302W. Contributing factors were the inadequate visual lookout of all four pilots involved.

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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