Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Vieques Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Vieques
Wednesday, August 17, 1983 16:40 AST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE ACFT CRASH LANDED DURING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. THE PLT SAID THAT THE ACFT WAS CAUGHT IN A WINDSHEAR OR VIOLENT DOWNDRAFT AND WOULD NOT CLIMB. HE DID NOT SAY WHY HE WAS DOING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING WITH 9 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE PLTS ACCOUNT OF THE ACCIDENT WAS: AFTER TOUCHDOWN I RAISED THE FLAPS AND SET TAKEOFF POWER. AT 103 KTS AND WITH 500 FT OF RWY REMAINING THE ACFT WAS LIFTED OFF. AT ABOUT 150 FT AGL AND CLIMBING I STARTED TO RAISE LANDING GEAR BUT THE ACFT STARTED TO SINK SO I LEFT GEAR DOWN. THE TREES WERE MOVING VIOLENTLY. I FELT I WAS CAUGHT IN A WINDSHEAR BECAUSE OF A SHARP DROP IN AIRSPEED AND THE ACFT QUIT PERFORMING. THE ACFT CONTINUED SINKING AND I DECIDED ON A CONTROLLED CRASH TO SAVE THE PASSENGERS. A WITNESS STATED HE (THE PLT) TOOK OFF WITHOUT ENOUGH POWER. I SAW THE PLANE WITH ITS NOSE HIGH ANDTAIL LOW AND I LOST THE PLANE WHEN IT WENT INTO THE TREES. THE ACFT HIT SEVERAL CITRUS TREES AT A SHALLOW ANGLE OF DESCENT 1200 FT FROM THE END OF THE RWY. THE ACFT WENT 150 FT THROUGH THE TREES AND 350 FT ON THE GROUND BEFORE STOPPING
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/17/1983 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 1640 |
| Event Time Zone | Atlantic Standard Time |
| Event City | VIEQUES |
| Event State | PUERTO RICO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 00765 |
| Event Date Year | 1983 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | VIEQUES |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | VQS |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 2 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 90 |
| Airport Elevation | 44 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1654 Atlantic Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 310 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | SJU |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 9 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 34 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | AST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 12000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 1200 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 12 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 27 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 25 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 150 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 11 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2503 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 22818 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:15AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N129D |
| NTSB Number | MIA83FA207 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BEECH |
| Aircraft Model | A100 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | A100 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | B-134 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 11500 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 11 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jan 25 1983 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 46 |
| Airframe Hours | 9420 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | PADOSA PRODUCTIONS |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | AVENUE PONCE D LEON 157 |
| Aircraft Owner City | HATO REY |
| Aircraft Owner State | PR |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 00916 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | STX |
| Departure City | ST. CROIX |
| Departure State | VI |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1625 |
| Departure Time Zone | AST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | SJU |
| Destination City | SAN JUAN |
| Destination State | PR |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:31AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 9 |
| Runway Length | 2500 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |