- Date
- December 21, 1987
- Place
- Missing
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N757EQCessna 152
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871221070889A
- Case key
- 32116
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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
According to the operator the acft departed san juan, PR on a cross country flight to la romana. The acft arrived there & dropped the student off & the plt departed at about 1400 ast on his return trip to san juan. The acft did not arrive at it's destination & a search by the U.S. Coast guard & the civil air patrol was initiated. The results of the search have been negative. Damage and injury index presumed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757EQ
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279684
- Airframe hours
- 5,450
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carib Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 29, 1987 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- MDLR · La Romana, OF
- Destination
- ILG · San Juan, PR
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 975 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 82 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BQN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N757EQ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.