Eugenio María de Hostos Airport, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 18°15′13″N67°09′24″W / 18.2536°N 67.1566°W / 18.2536; -67.1566
Aircraft
Aircraft type
CASA C-212 Aviocar
Operator
Executive Air Charter dba American Eagle
Registration
N432CA
Flight origin
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Destination
Eugenio María de Hostos Airport, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Occupants
6
Passengers
4
Crew
2
Fatalities
2
Injuries
4
Survivors
4
American Eagle Flight 5452, officially operating as Executive Air Charter Flight 5452, was a commuter flight between Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Eugenio María de Hostos Airport in Mayagüez. The flight was operated by Executive Air Charter, doing business as American Eagle, and was operated by a CASA C-212 Aviocar aircraft. Visual meteorological conditions were present as the plane made its final approach to runway 9 at Mayagüez on May 8, 1987. The plane crashed 600 feet short of the runway,[1] destroying the aircraft and killing both pilots, but leaving the four passengers with only minor injuries.[2]
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