Douglas C-49 (DC-3) crash, Mar 1, 1989, San Juan-Luis Muñ...
Douglas C-49 (DC-3) accident on March 1, 1989 near San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín (Isla Verde), Puerto Rico with no fatalities. Cause: The crew did not...
- Date: March 1, 1989
- Aircraft: Douglas C-49 (DC-3)
- Location: San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín (Isla Verde), Puerto Rico
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew did not feather the left propeller or trim the aircraft after the left engine lost power. The reason for the engine power loss was never determined.
A Douglas C-49J (DC-3) cargo flight from Basseterre to San Juan ditched in a lagoon about two miles southwest of Isla Verde airport, Puerto Rico, on 1 March 1989 after the left engine lost power. Both pilots escaped with minor injuries and the aircraft was not recovered from the lagoon.