Accident | |
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Date | December 19, 1977 |
Summary | Pilot error |
Site | Vieques, Puerto Rico |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Britten-Norman Islander |
Operator | Vieques Air Link |
Registration | N862JA |
Flight origin | St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands |
Destination | Vieques Airport, Vieques, Puerto Rico |
Occupants | 10 |
Passengers | 9 |
Crew | 1 |
Fatalities | 5 |
Survivors | 5, including the pilot |
On December 19, 1977, the 1977 Vieques Air Link crash took place when a Vieques Air Link Britten Norman BN-2A Islander crashed into the waters off the Atlantic Ocean near Vieques, Puerto Rico during a flight from St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands to Vieques.