# Accident 20030904027369A: Bnorm BN2A27, Cayay, Puerto Rico, September 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2003, 17:01 local time
- Place: Cayay, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.1083° N, 66.1583° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.1083&lon=-66.1583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N630VC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N630VC-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 (registry code 1520227, https://openairdocs.org/model/britten-norman-bn-2a-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2A27
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4C5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030904027369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT THE BEGINNING OF A DESCENT INTO PONCE, PUERTO RICO N630VC LOST POWER ON NO. 1 ENGINE WHILE AT 6500 FEET MSL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SECURED THE NO. 1 ENGINE BY PLACING THE PROPELLER INTO THE FEATHER POSITION. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THEN NOTICED THE NO. 2 ENGINE WAS NOT DEVELOPING POWER. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH THE SAN JUAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT A NEARBY SOCCER FIELD. DURING THE LANDING IN THE SOCCER FIELD THE PILOT STATED THAT HE REALIZED HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM AND DECIDED TO ABORT THE LANDING, CROSS OVER THE TREES AT THE END OF THE SOCCER FIELD AND LAND IN AN ADJACENT ATHLETIC TRACK. N630VC SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK A TREE AND CONTACTED HIGH POWER ELECTRICAL CABLES RESULTING IN A CRASH IN THE ATHLETIC TRACK FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT 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 MIA03LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA177), Sep 4, 2003: Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 (N630VC), Cayey, PR, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of power on the left engine and partial lost of power on the right engine for undetermined reasons resulting in a force landing and impact with wires, tree, and terrain during subsequent…

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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