Convair 440-NO SERIES N153JR

Summary

On 15 March 2012 at about 11:38 local time, a Convair 440-NO SERIES registered N153JR, operated by Fresh Air, Inc., was involved in an accident near San Juan, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 March 2012 at 11:38

Classification

Accident

Location

San Juan, United States

Nearest airport

Luis Munoz Marin Intl (SJU)

Coordinates

18.4408, -65.9725

Aircraft

Convair 440-NO SERIES

Registration

N153JR

Category

Airplane

Operator

Fresh Air, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 125: 20+ Pax,6000+ lbs

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Juan → Princess Julian

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA12FA051

2 people died.

the flight crew's failure to maintain adequate airspeed after shutting down the right engine due to an in-flight fire in one of the right augmentors. The failure to maintain airspeed resulted in either an aerodynamic stall or a loss of directional control.

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/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/aviation.aspx. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-14/04 On March 15, 2012, about 0740 Atlantic standard time, a Convair CV-440-38, N153JR, operated by Fresh Air, Inc., crashed into a lagoon about 1 mile east of the departure end of runway 10 at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU), San Juan, Puerto Rico. The two pilots died, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces. The airplane was operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1251 as a cargo flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and a visual flight rules flight plan was filed. The flight had departed from runway 10 at SJU destined for Princess Juliana International Airport, St. Maarten. Shortly after takeoff, the first officer declared an emergency, and then the captain requested a left turn back to SJU and asked the local air traffic controllers if they could see smoke coming from the airplane (the two tower controllers noted in postaccident interviews that they did not see more smoke than usual coming from the airplane). The controllers cleared the flight to land on runway 28, but as the airplane began to align with the runway, it crashed into a nearby lagoon (Laguna La Torrecilla).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.