puerto rico: A friend may have died in an airline crash in El Yunque rain forrest in Puerto Rico in the late sixties or early seventies. I need to find out how to get these records and when this accident actually happened.|||Found these two sites.....the date and place are the same as your question. http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/鈥?/a> Prinair Flight 277 Crashes into El Yunque, March 5, 1969 Prinair flight 277 departed Saint Thomas at 17:15 for an IFR flight to San Juan. At 17:32, the flight contacted San Juan Approach Control and advised that the flight was maintaining 4,000 feet. The trainee approach controller replied:"Prinair two seven seven San Juan Approach Control radar contact three miles east of Isla Verde fly a heading of two five zero for a vector to ILS final maintain four thousand. " Actually the flight was 3 miles east of the Fajardo intersection instead of the Isla Verde intersection which is located about 10 miles west of the Fajardo intersection. One minute later the Heron was cleared to descend to 3,000 feet. At 17:38, after being vectored for a runway 07 approach, the airplane contacted trees and crashed, coming to rest near the top of a knoll in the Sierra de Luquillo mountains at an elevation of about 2400 feet.|||i found this >>>this one might the one you are looking for Puerto Rico * Prinair Flight 191 crashed while attempting to land at Mercedita Airport on June 24, 1972. Five people died in the accident.[161] i also found others 1952 * April 11 鈥?Pan Am Flight 526A, a Douglas DC-4, suffers engine failure and is forced to ditch in the Atlantic 11 mi (18 km) north of San Juan, Puerto Rico; 52 of 69 on board die. 1962 * February 25 - An Avensa Fairchild F-27 crashes into San Juan mountain on Margarita Island, killing all 23 on board. Florida The engine of Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 after it experienced catastrophic turbine failure on July 6, 1996. * Airborne Transport airliner NC16002 disappeared the night of December 28, 1948 near the end of a scheduled flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Miami, Florida. The aircraft was never found, and the case remains unsolved.[48] * National Airlines Flight 193 crashed into Escambia Bay, sinking in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water, on May 8, 1978 due to heavy fog. Three passengers drowned while attempting to exit the aircraft.[54]|||Look up world crashes and you will see websites listing all crashes to date.|||Your request is being considered by special agents. A response will be forthcoming.