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Incident

FAA incident report · Bnorm BN2A26 · Vieques, Puerto Rico · May 4, 2000

Date
May 4, 2000 · 06:15 local
Place
Vieques, Puerto Rico
Airport
Vieques
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
VLIA
Aircraft
N148ES
Reported as
Bnorm BN2A26
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total2,400 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)On may 4, 2000 at approxiamtely 0615 am, a/c N148ES with privacy data omitted as pilot in command departed Vieques toward st. criox. Flight was #901, with two passengers on board. PIC violated restricted airspace 7104. Information from ifss states R7104 had been activated officaially on this day 05/24/00 at 0900 z. prior to this day the airspace was issued on 12/4/99 and second NOTAM was issued on 1/1/2000 activated this area. Navy radar clearly shows a/c invading restricted area twice. Eyewitness statements from U.S. Naval station at rossevelt roads, observed a/c over camp garcia where citizens were in protest. Crowed cheered at a/c and aircraft dipped its wings circling around and again flyign over the crowd.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ON MAY 4, 2000 AT APPROXIAMTELY 0615 AM, A/C N148ES WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS PILOT IN COMMAND DEPARTED VIEQUES TOWARD ST. CRIOX. FLIGHT WAS #901, WITH TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. PIC VIOLATED RESTRICTED AIRSPACE 7104. INFORMATION FROM IFSS STATES R7104 HAD BEEN ACTIVATED OFFICAIALLY ON THIS DAY 05/24/00 AT 0900 Z. PRIOR TO THIS DAY THE AIRSPACE WAS ISSUED ON 12/4/99 AND SECOND NOTAM WAS ISSUED ON 1/1/2000 ACTIVATED THIS AREA. NAVY RADAR CLEARLY SHOWS A/C INVADING RESTRICTED AREA TWICE. EYEWITNESS STATEMENTS FROM U.S. NAVAL STATION AT ROSSEVELT ROADS, OBSERVED A/C OVER CAMP GARCIA WHERE CITIZENS WERE IN PROTEST. CROWED CHEERED AT A/C AND AIRCRAFT DIPPED ITS WINGS CIRCLING AROUND AND AGAIN FLYIGN OVER THE CROWD.