La Romana

The airplane departed La Romana Airport runway 11 at 1530LT on a positioning flight to Austin-Bergstrom Airport, Texas. After takeoff, the crew completed a turn to the right according to departure procedures and continued to climb to an altitude of 8,400 feet when he declared an emergency due to technical problem, possibly an engine failure. The crew was cleared to return for an emergency landing on runway 11, initiated a left turn and descended towards the airport. Apparently too high on the glide, the crew initiated a go around procedure and continued to the northeast. After the crew completed three circuits at an average altitude of 2,700 feet, he started an approach to runway 29. After landing, the airplane deviated to the left, veered off runway and entered a grassy area parallel to the runway. Both main landing gears were torn off and the airplane slid for few hundred metres then bounced violently, crossed the A2 taxiway before coming to rest, bursting into flames. The airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire and both pilots were killed.
Crew:
Erick Javier Diago, pilot,
Ruddy Ghazal.

On June 2, 2000, about 1240 Atlantic standard time, a Cessna 401, Dominican Republic registration HI-696CT, registered to and operated by Air Century, crashed shortly after takeoff from La Romana International Airport, La Romana, Dominican Republic, while on an instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed. The commercial-rated pilot received fatal injuries. The commercial-rated second pilot received serious injuries. The flight was originating at the time of the accident. Civil aviation authorities stated that the flight was an instructional flight. Shortly after takeoff on runway 12, the pilot simulated the failure of the left engine. Control of the aircraft was lost and the aircraft crashed 350 meters from the runway. Examination of the aircraft and engines showed no mechanical anomalies.

The aircraft departed Santo Domingo-Las Américas Airport at 0822LT on a cargo flight to Aguadilla. Few minutes later, the crew informed ATC about technical problems and was cleared to return. In unclear circumstances, the aircraft crashed 88 minutes after its departure in an isolated area located in the region of La Romana. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed.

Forced landing 24 km north of La Romana due to a fuel exhaustion. There were no fatalities.