Date: | Monday 19 December 1977 |
Time: | 07:48 |
Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A-6 Islander |
Owner/operator: | Vieques Air Link |
Registration: | N862JA |
MSN: | 184 |
Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Vieques -
Puerto Rico
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Saint Croix-Alexander Hamilton Airport (STX/TISX) |
Destination airport: | Vieques Airport (VQS/TJCG) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Both engines flamed out due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was ditched off Vieques.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - mismanagement of fuel
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel exhaustion
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - failure of two or more engines
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-2 engines
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | MIA78FA016 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
NTSB
Thomas Brügge
World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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