- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: June 07, 1992
Time: 1434
Location: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Operator: American Eagle
Flight #: ?
Route: San Juan - Mayaguez
AC Type: CASA 212 Aviocar 200
Registration: N355CA
cn / ln: 234
Aboard: 5   (passengers:3  crew:2)
Fatalities: 5   (passengers:3  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: The aircraft lost control on final approach and crashed in a nose-down into the ground. Failure of the beta blocking device for undetermined reasons. The first officer's inadvertent activation of the power lever aft of the flight idle position and into the beta range, resulting in a loss of airplane control.
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