# Incident 20000504016729I: Bnorm BN2A26, Vieques, Puerto Rico, May 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2000, 06:15 local time
- Place: Vieques, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Vieques
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VLIA
- Location: 18.1481° N, 65.4443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vieques, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.1481&lon=-65.4443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N148ES (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2A26
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000504016729I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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