- Date
- October 29, 1986, 13:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- San Juan, PR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N778Lde Havilland DHC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861029052159A
- Case key
- 31730
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Witnesses stated that the acft used most of the rwy to takeoff, reached an aprx altitude of 60 feet, then pulled up to clear an embankment. However, the acft struck a tall palm tree & crashed between 2 roads, near an intersection, where the roads merged. The cargo was removed from the acft & weighed. Computations showed that the maximum allowable gross weight of the acft was exceeded by approximately 1928 lbs. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was evident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N778L
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- S5-3245
- Airframe hours
- 6,290
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Indep-Line Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 22, 1986
- Airport
- SIG · Isla Grande, runway 9, 5,317 × 100 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 100 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJU, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.