American Eagle Flight 5456, officially operating as Executive Air Charter Flight 5456,[1] was a scheduled commuter flight between Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Eugenio María de Hostos Airport in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The flight was operated by Executive Airlines, doing business as American Eagle, and was operated by a CASA C-212 aircraft. Instrument meteorological conditions were present as the plane made its approach to Mayagüez on June 7, 1992. The plane crashed during heavy rain into a swamp,[2] short of the runway.[3] The crash destroyed the aircraft, killing all five people on board.[3][4]
 The American Eagle Aviocar N355CA that was involved in the crash. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | June 7, 1992 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain, bad weather |
| Site | Near Eugenio María de Hostos Airport, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 18°15′20″N 67°08′54″W / 18.25556°N 67.14833°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | CASA C-212 |
| Operator | Executive Air Charter doing business as American Eagle |
| Registration | N355CA |
| Flight origin | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Destination | Eugenio María de Hostos Airport, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
| Passengers | 3 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Survivors | 0 |