# Accident 20140326004849A: Patillas, PR, March 26, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2014, 16:20 local time
- Place: Patillas, PR
- Airport: Patillas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Location: 18.0069° N, 66.0135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Patillas, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.0069&lon=-66.0135&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140326004849A

## Narrative

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

HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT FROM SCRATCH, POWERED BY A FOUR CYLINDER, VOLKSWAGEN ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PILOTED BY MR. EMERITO GUZMAN^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ON OR ABOUT 1620 HOURS, THEY WERE AT THE AIRPORT IN PATILLAS, PUERTO RICO AND MR. GUZMAN^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^MR. SANTOS^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^MR. SANTOS^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^MR. GUZMAN^ WAS TAKEN TO THE CLOSEST EMERGENCY HOSPITAL AND DECLARED DECEASED SOON AFTER. THE MAIN WRECKAGE WAS CONTAINED WITHIN 60 FEET, SOME TREES BRANCHES WERE CUT AS A RESULT OF THE AIRCRAFT COLLISION. THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UPRIGHT ON THE GROUND FACING TO THE NORTH. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT WING WAS EXTREMELY DAMAGED; LEFT WING WAS DAMAGED AND PIECES FOUND TO THE NORTH OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE ENGINE WAS FACING TO THE GROUND, ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS SPLINTERED IN THE SOIL AND THE OTHER WAS UPRIGHT WITH A LENGTH CRACK JUST AFT TO THE LEADING EDGE. THE TWO FRONT SPARK PLUGS LEADS WERE DISCONNECTED FROM THE ENGINE. THE IGNITION SYSTEM WAS COMPOSING OF GEL BATTERY, COIL, CABLES AND DISTRIBUTOR WITH AN ON/OFF SWITCH. THE BATTERY POSITIVE TERMINAL WAS INTENTIONAL BROKEN OFF. THE WEATHER INFORMATION ON THAT DAY AT 1600 HOURS WAS BETWEEN 9 TO 10 MPH GUSTING BETWEEN 16 TO 17 MPH, WIND DIRECTION WAS SOUTH EAST. ON MAY 6, 2014, CONDUCTED AN ENGINE INSPECTION AS PER NTSB REQUEST, A CHECK LIST WAS PROVIDED AND THE FOLLOWING RESULT WAS ATTAINED: AIRCRAFT BATTERY HAS 12 VOLTS, THE FUEL TANK WAS WITH APPROXIMATELY THREE GALLONS OF FUEL AND THE FUEL FILTER WAS CLEAR AND APPEARED FREE OF CONTAMINANTS, ENGINE OIL LEVEL WAS FULL, THE FUEL LINES APPEARED TO BE IN A SERVICEABLE CONDITION, THE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE CONTROL HAS CONTINUITY FROM THE COCKPIT, REMOVED THE SPARK PLUGS AND CONDUCTED A VISUAL INSPECTION AND NOTICED NORMAL CONDITION, WITH A FLASHLIGHT INSPECTED THE CYLINDER AND THEY APPEARED TO BE NORMAL, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF INSPECTOR RUIZ, CHECK CONTINUITY OF THE VALVE TRAIN AND MANUALLY CHECK THE CYLINDER COMPRESSION ACQUIRING POSITIVE RESULTS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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