- Date
- August 17, 1983, 16:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Vieques, PR
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N129DBeech A100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830817075259A
- Case key
- 30800
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crash landed during a touch and go landing. The plt said that the acft was caught in a windshear or violent downdraft and would not climb. He did not say why he was doing a touch and go landing with 9 passengers on board. The plts account of the accident was: after touchdown I raised the flaps and set takeoff power. At 103 KTS and with 500 ft of rwy remaining the acft was lifted off. At about 150 ft AGL and climbing I started to raise landing gear but the acft started to sink so I left gear down. The trees were moving violently. I felt I was caught in a windshear because of a sharp drop in airspeed and the acft quit performing. The acft continued sinking and I decided on a controlled crash to save the passengers. A witness stated he (the plt) took off without enough power. I saw the plane with its nose high andtail low and I lost the plane when it went into the trees. The acft hit several citrus trees at a shallow angle of descent 1200 ft from the end of the rwy. The acft went 150 ft through the trees and 350 ft on the ground before stopping
Aircraft
- Registration
- N129D
- Reported as
- Beech A100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- B-134
- Airframe hours
- 9,420
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-28, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Padosa Productions
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 25, 1983 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- STX · St. Croix
- Destination
- SJU · San Juan, PR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- VQS · Vieques, runway 9, 2,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,558 total · 28 in this make and model · 3,619 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJU, 34 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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