# NTSB ERA10WA498: Aero Commander 500, N100PV, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, September 23, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 23, 2010, 16:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Coordinates: 18.486361, -69.929528
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4864&lon=-69.9295&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 4 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 77384
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10WA498
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77384/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77384
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA498

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Aero Commander 500, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=0141102), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Aero Commander 500, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=0141102), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Aero Commander 500, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=0141102), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N100PV](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100PV-2012-05-04), registration cancelled 2012-05-04, S/N 784, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 500
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 500](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500) (registry code 0141102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 784
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Rolando Velasco
- Registered owner: Rolando Velasco
- Departed: TJIG, San Juan, PR
- Destination: Santo Domingo

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

## Other investigations on N100PV (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 NYC83LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA164), Jul 3, 1983: Aero Commander 500 (N100PV), Towanda, PA, substantial damage

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 2, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77384. 22 KB in all.

- Memorandum of Record Dominican Republic (item 1, .PDF, 22 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40338838&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Record%20Dominican%20Republic-Master.PDF

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.

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