ATR 72 N438AT
9 May 2004 · San Juan, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 9 May 2004 at about 04:01 local time, a ATR 72 registered N438AT, operated by Executive Airlines, was involved in an accident near San Juan, United States. 26 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 19 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 04:01
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- San Juan, United States
- Nearest airport
- Luis Munoz Minor (SUJ)
- Coordinates
- 18.4693, -66.1000
- Aircraft
- ATR 72
- Registration
- N438AT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Executive Airlines
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Mayaguez → San Juan
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DCA04MA045
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 |
Probable cause
the captain's failure to execute proper techniques to recover from the bounced landings and his subsequent failure to execute a go-around.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-05/02. On May 9, 2004, about 1450 Atlantic standard time, Executive Airlines (doing business as American Eagle) flight 5401, an Avions de Transport Regional 72-212, N438AT, skipped once, bounced hard twice, and then crashed at Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The airplane came to a complete stop on a grassy area about 217 feet left of the runway 8 centerline and about 4,317 feet beyond the runway threshold. The captain was seriously injured; the first officer, 2 flight attendants, and 16 of the 22 passengers received minor injuries; and the remaining 6 passengers received no injuries. The airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 as a scheduled passenger flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other ATR 72 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jan 1995 | ATR 72-212 | Dfw Airport, Texas, United States | Simmons Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Sep 2013 | ATR 72-500 | Makassar, Indonesia, Indonesia | Wings Air | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jul 1995 | ATR 72-212 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Simmons Airlines | Minor injuries | - |
| 23 Jul 2014 | ATR 72-500 | Makung, Taiwan | Transasia | Fatal | 58 |
| 4 Feb 2015 | ATR 72 | Taipei, Taiwan | - | Fatal | 43 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jan 2004 | Robinson R-22 | Nicholasville, Kentucky, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Mar 2004 | Globe GC-1B | Placerville, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 15 May 2004 | Lockheed 1329-23E | Houston, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jun 2004 | Monocoupe 90AL-115 | St. Paul, Missouri, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 21 Jul 2004 | Bombardier CL-600 | Snow Hill, Virginia, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 5 Sep 2004 | Piper PA32-300 | Montauk, New York, United States | Mark R. Gosden | No injuries | - |