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.


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    Title :

    Aircraft Accident Report. Puerto Rico International Airlines, Inc., DeHavilland DH-114, N554PR, Ponce, Puerto Rico, June 24, 1972


    Publication date :

    1975


    Size :

    18 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English