# Accident 19980918034612A: 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: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second 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: N6305U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6305U-1998-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Government Aircraft Factories N22S (registry code 3880103, https://openairdocs.org/model/government-aircraft-factories-n22s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GOVT N22S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- 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/19980918034612A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN THE OCEAN APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF MONA ISLAND, P.R. AIRCRAFT INITIALLY INVOLVED INA MID AIR COLLISION WITH ANOTHER CUSTOMS AIRCRAFT "N6302W" NOMAD N22S TYPE AIRCRAFT APPROX. 140 MILES S.W. OF S.J. NO ACTION. NOTE: PILOT'S TIME NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF REPORT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6302W, Govt N22S: [Accident 19980918034611A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980918034611A)

## 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 (N6305U), Caribbean Sea, destroyed, 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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