AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT. PUERTO RICO INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, INC., DEHAVILLAND DH-114, N554PR, PONCE, PUERTO RICO, JUNE 24, 1972

About 2317 e.s.t., on June 24, 1972 Puerto Rico International Airlines, Inc., Flight 191, a DeHavilland DH-114 Heron, (N554PR), crashed on the Mercedita Airport, Ponce, Puerto Rico. The crew was executing a go-around after rejecting a landing on runway 29. The captain, the copilot, and 3 of the 18 passengers were killed. Seven passengers were injured seriously, and eight were injured slightly; the aircraft was destroyed. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the loss of directional control during a go-around from a landing attempt. Control was lost when the aircraft was overrotated at too low an airspeed to sustain flight. The crew's reasons for rejecting the landing are not known.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also NTISUB/A/104-75/016. Also available on subscription $25.00/year domestic, $35.00/year foreign. Errata sheet inserted.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

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• Publication Date: 1975-12-17

Media Info

• Pagination: 18 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation crashes; Aircraft pilotage; Crash investigation; Crashes; Landing
• Old TRIS Terms: Aircraft landing; Flight maneuvers
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133382
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB-AAR-75-17
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Jul 13 1976 12:00AM