Convair CV-240 crash, Sep 24, 1998, San Juan-Luis Muñoz M...
Convair CV-240 accident on September 24, 1998 near San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín (Isla Verde), Puerto Rico with no fatalities. Cause: Loss of power in the...
- Date: September 24, 1998
- Aircraft: Convair CV-240
- Location: San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín (Isla Verde), Puerto Rico
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of power in the No. 2 engine for undetermined reasons, and the crew's inability to establish a climb, with the incompletely feathered No. 2 propeller as a factor.
A Trans Florida Convair CV-240 cargo flight from San Juan to Santiago de Cuba lost power in its No. 2 engine during a second takeoff attempt. The propeller was not fully feathered, and the aircraft could not hold altitude, so the pilot ditched it in a saltwater lagoon. All three occupants escaped uninjured, and the aircraft was recovered from the water 70 days later.