Casa 212-200 accident near San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 30, 1987
On September 30, 1987 at about 4:48 pm local time, a Casa 212-200, registered N436CA, was involved in an accident near San Juan, Puerto Rico (Lutz Munoz Marin Int'L airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 8 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 30, 1987 · about 4:48 pm local time
- Place
- San Juan, Puerto Rico · Lutz Munoz Marin Int'L
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 8 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Casa 212-200
- Registration
- N436CA · registry record · serial 287
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE CO-PLT WAS HELPING THE PASSENGERS DE-PLANE WHILE THE PLT REMAINED IN THE ACFT WITH THE ENGINES WINDING DOWN AFTER SHUTDOWN. THE PLT STATED THAT HE OBSERVED A COMMOTION OUTSIDE THE ACFT AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER EXITED IT. HE THEN REALIZED THAT AN INDIVIDUAL, A LINEBOY WHO WAS SCHEDULED TO REFUEL THE ACFT, HAD BEEN STRUCK BY THE RT ENGINE PROPELLER. HE FURTHER ADDED THAT HE DID NOT SEE HIM APPROACH THE ACFT.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 3,779 hours in all; 850 in this make and model; 259 in the last 90 days; 3,576 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 6,222 hours
- Last inspection: approved inspection programme, September 11, 1987
- Maximum gross weight: 14,500 lb
- Seats: 19
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Garrett TPE 331 (turboprop); 0 hours total
- Operator: Executive Air Charter,Inc.
The flight
- Departed from: STT St. Thomas
- Flight plan: VFR then IFR
- Runway 9, 9,000 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 8,000 ft; scat at 2,000 ft
- Temperature: 82°F (28°C), dew point 73°F (23°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 4:57 pm from SJU
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 6 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N436CA the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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