- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: September 29, 2004
Time: 1859
Location: Tortuguero lagoon, Puerto Rico
Operator: Air Flamence
Flight #: ?
Route: Mayaguez - San Juan
AC Type: Pilatus-Britten Norman BN-2A-27 Islander
Registration: N902GD
cn / ln: 905
Aboard: 1   (passengers:0  crew:1)
Fatalities: 1   (passengers:0  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: The cargo plane hit a heavy rain shower before losing control and crashing into Toruuguero lagoon. The pilot's improper inflight planning which resulted in an inflight encounter with weather (low ceilings and thunderstorms), his loss of aircraft control, and an inflight collision with the ocean during uncontrolled descent.
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