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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Aguadilla, PR · October 27, 2010

Date
October 27, 2010 · 17:40 local
Place
Aguadilla, PR
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N350RL
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11LA037
Reported as
Piper PA-31-350
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,902 total38 in this make and model66 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.

On October 27, 2010, at 18:00 atlantic standard time, a call was received from the federal aviation administration regional operations center (FAA roc) indicating that aircraft registration number N350RL, a Piper PA-31-350 model, crashed into the water, two miles west from rafael hernandez airport (tjbq).

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 27, 2010, AT 18:00 ATLANTIC STANDARD TIME, A CALL WAS RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER (FAA ROC) INDICATING THAT AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N350RL, A PIPER PA-31-350 MODEL, CRASHED INTO THE WATER, TWO MILES WEST FROM RAFAEL HERNANDEZ AIRPORT (TJBQ).

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.