- Date
- July 6, 1981
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 16 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N578PRDehavilland DH-114
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810706087639I
- Case key
- 123608
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0054 81/7/6 SAN JUAN,PR DEHAVILLAND DH-114 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1246 N578PR PX- 0 0 14 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 51, 20309 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 10739 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JUAN INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR ST CROIX,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 81 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO HVY RW/DWNDFT APRX 100FT AGL AFT GR HNDL RAISED.SETTLED,ROTG BCN & AIR DUCTS SCRAPED RWY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N578PR
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DH-114
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- San Juan Intl
N578PRRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Dehavilland DH 114 HERON 2XAirframe modelDehavilland DH 114 HERON 2XEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.