- Date
- September 26, 1978
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N500LBeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780926044069A
- Case key
- 139794
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2965 78/9/26 SAN JUAN,PR BEECH D18S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1845 N500L PX- 5 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 50, 4365 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 46 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JUAN INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BORINQUEN,PR SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FACTOR(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: TRANSMITTERS AND/OR RECEIVERS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE ON TERMINAL RADAR SERVICE AREA FREQUENCY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500L
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Juan Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.