Air Caribbean Flight 309
A Beechcraft D18S, similar to the one involved | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 26, 1978 |
| Summary | Crashed into a populated bar, caused by wake turbulence from an L-1011 jet |
| Site | |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Beechcraft Model 18 |
| Operator | Air Caribbean |
| Registration | N500L |
| Flight origin | Ramey Air Base, Aguadilla |
| Destination | Isla Verde International Airport, San Juan |
| Passengers | 5 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 6 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground injuries | Several |
Air Caribbean Flight 309 was a domestic, non-scheduled airline flight by Puerto Rican airline Air Caribbean, which on Tuesday, September 26th, 1978, crashed as it was preparing to land at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (then known, unofficially, as Isla Verde International Airport) in San Juan, after a flight from Ramey Air Force Base (what is now known as Rafael Hernandez Airport) in Aguadilla, killing all six occupants of the aircraft and injuring several customers of a Barrio Obrero bar into which the airplane fell.