- Date
- December 13, 1984, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- San Juan, PR
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N119DWBritten-Norman BN-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841213066289A
- Case key
- 31218
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After landing the flt was directed by ground control to taxi to the cargo ramp making room for a taxiing Boeing 747. Ground control then asked the acft to make a 180 deg turn and taxi further east on the ramp. As the left turn was completed the right brake cylinder failed internally. The acft continued left colliding with a parked fuel truck.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N119DW
- Reported as
- Britten-Norman BN-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 243
- Airframe hours
- 14,736
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 360 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Crown Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Crown Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- EIS · Beef Island, OF
- Destination
- SJU · San Juan, PR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SJU · San Juan, runway 10, 8,016 × 150 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,294 total · 303 in this make and model · 2,118 as pilot in command · 315 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.