Santiago de los Caballeros – Mayaguana – New York

On December 15, 2008 at 04:45 PM, Santiago de los Caballeros – Mayaguana – New York experienced a crash involving Britten-Norman Trislander, operated by Línea Aérea Puertorriqueña, with the event recorded near Providenciales All Turks and Caicos Islands.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 12 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: 11, passenger fatalities: 11, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft was making a charter flight from Santiago de los Caballeros to New York with an intermediate stop at Mayaguana, Bahamas. The flight departed Santiago-Cibao Airport, Dominican Republic, at 1605LT. Thirty-five minutes later, while cruising off the Turks & Caicos Islands, the pilot sent a brief mayday message and the aircraft crashed 25 km off Providenciales. SAR teams and US Coast Guards did not find any trace of the aircraft nor the 12 occupants. A spokesman from the Dominican Pilots Association later reported that the pilot's licence had been suspended in October 2006.

Aircraft reference details include registration N650LP, MSN 1029, year of manufacture 1976.