De Havilland DH1142 N563PR

Summary

On 5 March 1969 at about 17:38 local time, a De Havilland DH1142 registered N563PR, operated by Puerto Rico I*, was involved in an accident during in flight near San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States. 19 people were on board and 19 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 March 1969 at 17:38

Classification

Accident

Location

San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

De Havilland DH1142

Registration

N563PR

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

4

Operator

Puerto Rico I*

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

St Thomas, Virgin Is → S

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

3-2365

19 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACFT UNDER RADAR CTL.VECTORED INTO MT BY CONTROLLER TRAINEE WHO WAS NOT ADEQUATELY SUPERVISED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.