Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 accident near Vega Baja, PR
On September 29, 2004, a Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Vega Baja, PR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 29, 2004
- Place
- Vega Baja, PR
- Aircraft
- Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 18.493°N, 66.442°W
- NTSB ID
- 20041018X01642
Official records · MIA04LA133
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On September 29, 2004, about 1859 Atlantic standard time, a Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 airplane, N902GD, registered to and operated by Air Charter Inc., as Air Flamenco, an on-demand Title 14 CFR Part 135 air taxi flight, crashed into the Atlantic ocean. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed in the area when the flight departed, and no flight plan was filed. The commercial-rated pilot received fatal injuries, and the airplane was destroyed. The flight originated in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, the same day, about 1830. The president/owner of Air Flamenco said that the pilot made a Unicom radio communications call announcing his departure from Mayaguez, en route to Isla Grande Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico. He further stated that the airplane had been transporting bank financial documents, and after the flight did not arrive at its destination, he filed an overdue report. Upon receiving notification on September 29, 2004, about 2036, search and rescue assets initiated a search for the missing airplane. After several searches, airplane related debris, specific to the missing airplane, was discovered floating in the vicinity of geographic position 18 degrees 29 minutes north latitude, 066 degrees 27 minutes west longitude. In addition, light airplane wreckage and cargo associated with the accident flight was found to have washed ashore at Manatee, Puerto Rico. Examination of radar track data for the flight showed that after departure the accident airplane climbed to 1,700 feet, and then descended to 1,300 feet at 1840. From 1840 to 1850, the radar data indicated that N902GD was f
Probable cause
The pilot's improper inflight planning which resulted in an inflight encounter with weather (low ceilings and thunderstorms), his loss of aircraft control, and an inflight collision with the ocean during uncontrolled descent.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
