Douglas DC-3 N27PR

Summary

On 22 July 1986 at about 17:53 local time, a Douglas DC-3 registered N27PR was involved in an accident near Isla Verde. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 July 1986 at 17:53

Classification

Accident

Location

Isla Verde

Nearest airport

Puerto Rico Intl (SJU)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Douglas DC-3

Registration

N27PR

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Juan → St. Kitt

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA86MA217

1 person died.

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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ACFT'S CLIMB PERFORMANCE BGN TO DETERIORATE & THE R ENG STARTED TO OVERHEAT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE R ENG WAS FEATHERED & THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT. THE RADIO TRANSMITTER BCM UNINTELLIGIBLE, SO THE TOWER PSNL CLEARED THE ACFT TO LAND ON RWY 10 & ASKED THE CREW TO KEY THEIR MIKE TWICE, IF THEY UNDERSTOOD. THE MIKE WASKEYED TWICE. THE ACFT ENTERED A R DWNWND FOR RWY 10 AT A VERY LOW ALT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE ACFT WENT INTO A STEEP BANK AS IT WAS TURNING ONTO A BASE LEG OVER WATER, THE R WING TIP HIT THE WATER & THE ACFT CARTWHEELED & CRASHED. THE COPLT RPRTD THAT AFTER FEATHERING THE R ENG, THE VMC OF 84 KTS WAS MAINTAINED; HOWEVER, HE BELIEVED THE ACFT STALLEDJUST PRIOR TO IMPACT. A TEARDOWN OF THE R ENG REVEALED THE EDGE OF THE #8 PISTON & ITS PISTON RINGS HAD FAILED. METAL FILINGS WERE FOUND IN THE OIL & THE OIL PUMP WAS SCORED. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF OIL STARVATION TO THE CRANKSHAFT JOURNAL,AS WELL AS PISTON SLAP ASSOCIATED WITH THE RING FAILURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.