ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330644
| Date: | Tuesday 21 December 1971 |
| Time: | 13:45 |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Vieques Air Link |
| Registration: | N589JA |
| MSN: | 25 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Culebra Airport (CPX) -
 Puerto Rico
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Vieques Airport (VQS/TJCG) |
| Culebra Airport (CPX/TJCP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft bounced on landing. The pilot initiated a go-around over hills. The airplane was unable to clear a house and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - exercised poor judgment
pilot in command - delayed in initiating go-around
weather - unfavorable wind conditions
miscellaneous - evasive maneuver to avoid collision
FACTORS:
weather - downdraft,updrafts
terrain - other
miscellaneous acts,conditions - downwind
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
NTSB
World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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