ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324157
| Date: | Thursday 7 August 1997 |
| Time: | 12:48 |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Bieke |
| Registration: | N1202S |
| MSN: | 193 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fajardo Airport (FAJ) -
 Puerto Rico
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Vieques Airport (VQS/TJCG) |
| Fajardo Airport (FAJ/TJFA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of N1202S, was executing a non-standard right traffic pattern approach to landing at Fajardo, while the pilot of another BN-2 Islander, N26JA, was executing a standard left traffic pattern approach to landing. The airplanes collided over the approach threshold of runway 08, about 100 feet agl.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain adequate visual lookout."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
NTSB
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