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De Havilland DH114 N554PR

24 June 1972 · Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 24 June 1972 at about 23:17 local time, a De Havilland DH114 registered N554PR, operated by Puerto Rico In, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States. 20 people were on board and 5 died, 7 were seriously injured, 8 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 23:17
Classification
Accident
Location
Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States
Nearest airport
Mercedita
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
De Havilland DH114
Registration
N554PR
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
4
Operator
Puerto Rico In
Operating rule
Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight
Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
San Juan, Pr → S
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
3-0017

People

5 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
20 5 7 8 0

Probable cause

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

OVERROTATED AT TOO LOW A/S, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONROL. REASON FOR GO-AROUND UNK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other De Havilland DH114 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
19 May 1972 De Havilland DH114
N1420Z
S.luis Obsp, California, United States
no coordinates
Swift Aire Li* No injuries -
24 Jan 1972 De Havilland DH114
N1420Z
Los Angeles, California, United States
no coordinates
Swift Aire Li* No injuries -
19 Oct 1973 De Havilland DH114
N510FW
Miami, Florida, United States
no coordinates
American Air T No injuries -
25 Feb 1973 De Havilland DH114
N509FW
Hailey, Idaho, United States
no coordinates
Trns MGC Airln No injuries -
11 Feb 1970 De Havilland DH114
N782R
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
no coordinates
Suburban Airli No injuries -
26 Mar 1974 De Havilland DH114
N782R
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
no coordinates
Flightways AVI No injuries -

All 14 records for this type

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