Date: | Monday 10 September 1990 |
Time: | |
Type: | Convair CV-240-23 |
Owner/operator: | Aerochago Airlines |
Registration: | HI-376CT |
MSN: | 177 |
Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | W off Mayagüez, San Juan [Caribbean Sea] -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU/TJSJ) |
Destination airport: | Santo Domingo-Las Américas International Airport (SDQ/MDSD) |
Narrative:The airplane crashed into the Mona Passage (Canal de la Mona) between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. The pilot of an aircraft in the area reported hearing an emergency radio call and stated that he observed the aircraft descending out of control after losing parts from the tail area.
Despite an extensive search operation, nothing was found.
It was said to have broken up in midair because of a structural failure as result of a poorly performed cargo door conversion.
Sources:
http://imullix.blogspot.com/2015/06/p-santiago-rodriguez-echavarria.html Stef Bailis
World Directory of Airliner Crashes
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 March 1952 |
PK-GCH |
Garuda Indonesia Airways |
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sub |
Mid-air collision |
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; San Juan-Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU); March 1987
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