De Havilland DH114 N570PR
1 December 1969 · Charlotte Amal, Virgin Islands, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 1 December 1969 at about 09:57 local time, a De Havilland DH114 registered N570PR, operated by Puerto Rico In, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Charlotte Amal, Virgin Islands, United States. 22 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 09:57
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Charlotte Amal, Virgin Islands, United States
- Nearest airport
- Harry S.truman
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- De Havilland DH114
- Registration
- N570PR
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Puerto Rico In
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- San Juan, Pr → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3777
People
2 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
R FLAP DATUM HINGE LINK FAILED.CAUSED R FLAPS TOSTREAMLINE, L FLAPS AT 60 DEG. STRUCK 2 ACFT, CAR.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other De Havilland DH114 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 1969 | De Havilland DH114 | Aspen, Colorado, United States | Aspen Airways* | No injuries | - |
| 28 Dec 1969 | De Havilland DH114 | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | Wright Airline | No injuries | - |
| 11 Feb 1970 | De Havilland DH114 | Reading, Pennsylvania, United States | Suburban Airli | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jun 1967 | De Havilland DH114 | Tucson, Arizona, United States | Apache Airlin* | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jun 1972 | De Havilland DH114 | Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States | Puerto Rico In | Fatal | 5 |
| 19 May 1972 | De Havilland DH114 | S.luis Obsp, California, United States | Swift Aire Li* | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-28 | Lacosta Is, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1969 | Luscombe 8A | Sedalia, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Midlothian, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |