Date:	Monday 19 December 1977
Time:	07:48
Type:	Britten-Norman BN-2A-6 Islander
Owner/operator:	Vieques Air Link
Registration:	N862JA
MSN:	184
Year of manufacture:	1970
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	off Vieques -   Puerto Rico
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Saint Croix-Alexander Hamilton Airport (STX/TISX)
Destination airport:	Vieques Airport (VQS/TJCG)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Both engines flamed out due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was ditched off Vieques.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - mismanagement of fuel
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel exhaustion
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - failure of two or more engines
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-2 engines

BAAA-ACRO
NTSB
Thomas Brügge
World Directory of Airliner Crashes

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