Rockwell Aero Commander 500 crash, Sep 23, 2010, Santo Do...
Rockwell Aero Commander 500 accident on September 23, 2010 near Santo Domingo-Las Américas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic with no fatalities....
- Date: September 23, 2010
- Aircraft: Rockwell Aero Commander 500
- Location: Santo Domingo-Las Américas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fuel exhaustion after fuel leaked through the missing fuel filler cap, which the crew had replaced with tape before takeoff. The crew chose to depart in an unairworthy condition.
A 1959 Aero Commander 500 carrying two pilots and two passengers from San Juan lost both engines on final approach to Santo Domingo-Las Americas. The fuel filler cap was missing before departure and the crew had taped over it, so fuel leaked out in flight until both engines starved. The crew made a forced landing in a wooded area about a kilometre short of the runway threshold and all four occupants walked away, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.