Accident Convair T-29B (CV-240) N355T,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324200

Date:	Thursday 22 May 1997
Time:	15:30
Type:	Convair T-29B (CV-240)
Owner/operator:	Dodita Air Cargo
Registration:	N355T
MSN:	281
Year of manufacture:	1952
Total airframe hrs:	14239 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-2800
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	off Luquillo - Puerto Rico
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Saint Thomas-Cyril E. King Airport (STT/TIST)
Destination airport:	San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU/TJSJ)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft was in cruise flight at 3000 feet, 20 minutes after takeoff from St. Thomas, when the no. 1 engine temperature 100 degrees and the oil pressure started to fluctuate. The engine was shut down.
Passing Fajardo (Puerto Rico), the no. 2 engine started banging and quit producing power. The aircraft began to descend and was descending through 500 feet when the no. 1 engine was restarted. A forced landing was made to a beach coming to a complete stop in 5 feet of water.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the aft master rod in the right engine, and failure of the front master rod bearing in the left engine, which resulted in a forced landing on a beach and a subsequent encounter with ocean water. "

Accident investigation: