- Date
- October 11, 1969
- Place
- Loiza Aldea, PR · LOIZA ALDEA, PR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 serious, 7 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9957ZBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160468
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3564 69/10/11 NR.LOIZA ALDEA,PR BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 5400 TIME - 1210 N9957Z PX- 1 4 6 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 2050 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JUAN INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR ST.THOMAS,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- L ENG FAILED,THEN R ENG LOST POWER. DITCHED IN HEAVY SEA 900 FT FROM SHORE. NO PRE-T/O EMERG BRIEF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9957Z
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Juan Intl
N9957ZRegistration cancelled Feb 14, 2017 · Beech C-45HAirframe modelBeech C-45HEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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