American Eagle Flight 5456

Accident in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico on June 7, 1992

18°15′20″N 67°08′54″W / 18.25556°N 67.14833°W / 18.25556; -67.14833AircraftAircraft typeCASA C-212OperatorExecutive Air Charter doing business as American EagleRegistrationN355CAFlight originLuis Muñoz Marín International Airport, San Juan, Puerto RicoDestinationEugenio María de Hostos Airport, Mayagüez, Puerto RicoPassengers3Crew2Fatalities5Survivors0

American Eagle Flight 5456, officially operating as Executive Air Charter Flight 5456,^[1] was a scheduled commuter flight between Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Eugenio María de Hostos Airport in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The flight was operated by Executive Airlines, doing business as American Eagle, and was operated by a CASA C-212 aircraft. Instrument meteorological conditions were present as the plane made its approach to Mayagüez on June 7, 1992. The plane crashed during heavy rain into a swamp,^[2] short of the runway.^[3] The crash destroyed the aircraft, killing all five people on board.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Fujita, T. T.; Haggard, W.H.; Bohan, W.A. (November 1992). "Puerto Rico's weather on June 7, 1992 related to the crash of Executive Air flight 5456 at Mayaguez, Puerto Rico". Climatological Consulting Corporation.
^ "American Eagle Plane Crashes in N.C.; 10 Killed". The Los Angeles Times. December 14, 1994. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "5 Are Killed in Plane Crash Near Airport in Puerto Rico". The New York Times. Associated Press. June 8, 1992. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident CASA C-212 Aviocar 200 N355CA Mayaguez-Eugenio M. de Hostos Airport (MAZ)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved June 19, 2020.

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Jan 7

ECMM helicopter downing

Jan 7

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Jan 20

Air Inter Flight 148

Jan 28

Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown

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Jul 30

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Jul 31

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Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash

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El Al Flight 1862

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Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 5601

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Vietnam Airlines Flight 474

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