Santo Domingo - Santo Domingo

On January 3, 2003 at 08:30 PM, Santo Domingo - Santo Domingo experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 60 Duke, operated by Private Dominican, with the event recorded near Santo Domingo-Las Américas Santo Domingo.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The twin engine airplane departed Santo Domingo-Las Américas International Airport on a short flight to the Santo Domingo-Herrera Airport located downtown. Following a night takeoff, the pilot encountered a loss of power on the right engine and was unable to feather its propeller. As the propeller was windmilling, he was unable to maintain a safe altitude and elected to ditch the aircraft that crashed in the sea about 800 metres offshore. The pilot was seriously injured and the passenger was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HI-774CT, MSN P-445, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.4655°, -69.8068°.