- Date
- March 14, 1972
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N562PRDehavilland DH104
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166395
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1422 72/3/14 SAN JUAN,PR DEHAVILLAND DH104 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1130 N562PR PX- 0 0 9 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 40, 18000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 7000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JUAN INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAYAGUEZ,PR SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN REMARKS- L MAIN GR ACTUATING PISTON,P/N AHO 19742,SEPD FRM ROD.SUBJ OF MODIFICATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N562PR
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DH104
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Juan Intl
N562PRRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2013 · Dehavilland DH 114 HERON 2XAirframe modelDehavilland DH 114 HERON 2XEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.