Britten-Norman Islander crash, Feb 15, 2022, Culebra Island
Britten-Norman Islander accident on February 15, 2022 near Culebra Island, Puerto Rico with no fatalities. Cause: The flight crew's failure to arrest...
- Date: February 15, 2022
- Aircraft: Britten-Norman Islander
- Location: Culebra Island, Puerto Rico
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The flight crew's failure to arrest the descent rate during the non standard approach caused a hard landing and failure of the right wing structure. Contributing: the instructor's choice of a challenging approach for initial training (NTSB).
An Air Flamenco Britten Norman Islander on a training flight landed hard on the first landing of a new pilot on Culebra, veered right and damaged its right wing structure. The three aboard survived. The NTSB cited failure to arrest the descent rate on a non standard approach.