Santo Domingo - Aguadilla

On June 27, 1995 at 09:50 AM, Santo Domingo - Aguadilla experienced a crash involving Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, operated by Salair, with the event recorded near La Romana La Romana.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft departed Santo Domingo-Las Américas Airport at 0822LT on a cargo flight to Aguadilla. Few minutes later, the crew informed ATC about technical problems and was cleared to return. In unclear circumstances, the aircraft crashed 88 minutes after its departure in an isolated area located in the region of La Romana. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N356SA, MSN 432, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.4230°, -68.9661°.