Santo Domingo - San Juan

On August 18, 2008 at 08:29 PM, Santo Domingo - San Juan experienced a crash involving Cessna 501 Citation I, operated by Corus Hardware Corporation, with the event recorded near Santo Domingo-Las Américas Santo Domingo.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The aircraft departed Santo Domingo-Las Améericas Airport at 2026LT on a positioning flight to San Juan, Porto Rico. While climbing in night conditions, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in the sea few km offshore. SAR operations were initiated but no trace of the aircraft nor the pilot was found.

Aircraft reference details include registration N223LC, MSN 501-0055, year of manufacture 1978.

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