# Accident 20020415014239A: Mtsbsi MU2B35, Caroline, Puerto Rico, April 15, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2002, 15:03 local time
- Place: Caroline, Puerto Rico
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: X21A
- Location: 18.3939° N, 65.9831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3939&lon=-65.9831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45BS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45BS-2002-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 (registry code 5780411, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-5&6SER (registry code 01515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-5-6ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020415014239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/15/02 AT 1503 AST INBOUND FROM ST. CROIX, USVI TO LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INT'L AIRPORT N45BS, S/N 558 A MITSUBISHI MU-2B-35 AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY CRUCIAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE TJSJ AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE WAS PILOTED BY SVEND A. OVESEN A HOLDER OF ATP PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE AIRPLANE CRASHED INTO THE CACIQUE MOTOR LOCATED AT AVE. 65 INFANTERIA K.M. 7.5 CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO 00985 WHILE ORBITING LEFT 360 DEGREE TURNS OVER PLAZA CAROLINA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1450 FEET AGL. THE PILOT AND ONE PERSON ON THE GROUND SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES ANOTHER TWO PERSONS ON THE GROUND SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 MIA02FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA084), Apr 15, 2002: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 (N45BS), Carolina, PR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed (Vs) while maneuvering following inadvertent encounter with clouds resulting in an inadvertent stall and uncontrolled descent and subsequent in-flight…

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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