# Accident 20120315006989A: Convair 340, Carolinas, PR, March 15, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2012, 07:38 local time
- Place: Carolinas, PR
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Part 125 operator
- Operator: F6AB
- Location: 18.4408° N, 65.9725° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4408&lon=-65.9725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N153JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N153JR-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 340 (registry code 242270A, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 340
- Reported engine: P & W R-2800 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA12FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120315006989A

## Narrative

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

THE CARGO ONLY FLIGHT, DEAPRTED SAN JUAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ENROUTE TO ST CROIX.  SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 10 HE REQUESTED TO RETURN FOR RUNWAY 10 WITH A LEFT TURN.AFTER ABOUT 180 DEGREESL OF TURN HE REQUESTED TO RETURN TO RUNWAY 28.  HIS CLIMB AND SPEED WERE INCREASING TO THIS POINT.  THE CONTROLLER CLEARED HIM TO LAND AND ISSUED THE WIND AS 150@3.THE AIRCRAFT RADAR PLOT SHOWS A DECENDING AND DECELARATING FLIGHT PATH TOWARD RUNWAY 28.  THE EXTERNAL PHYSICAL EVIDENCE SHOWS A RIGHT BANK ANGLE WHEN THE RIGHT WIND STRUCK THE TREES AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON A PATH OF APPROXIMATELY NORTH WITH THE TAIL BEING THE FURTHEST NORH IN THE WRECKAGE PATHTHE COPILOTS SEAT DEFORMITY WAS CONSISTENT WITH AN AFT AND LEFT IMPACT, AS IF THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING BACKWARDS, HAVING BEEN FLIPPED.

## 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 DCA12FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12FA051), Mar 15, 2012: Convair 440 - NO Series (N153JR), San Juan, PR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the flight crew's failure to maintain adequate airspeed after shutting down the right engine due to an in-flight fire in one of the right augmentors. The failure to maintain airspeed resulted in…

## Other reports on N153JR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020819023709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020819023709I), Aug 19, 2002: Cvac 340CVAC (N153JR), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. (-23) On August 19, 2002, approx. 08:00 at the San Juan international a heavy smoke coming out of the left engine was detected by the ATC as the aircraft began…

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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