Legal Opinion
In Re N-500L Cases
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided August 25, 1981No. Civ. 78-2126PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
TORRUELLA, District Judge.
This is one of several decisions related to the September 26, 1978 crash of the N-500L, 1 a Twin Beech aircraft which came down in the Barrio Obrero section of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the first dealing with the merits of a tragedy, which resulted in the death of all on board and caused diverse personal injuries and property damage on the ground. It is an undisputed fact that the cause of the accident was the wake turbulence (“wing tip vortex”) generated by the overtaking and passing of N-500L by Eastern Air Line’s Flight 75, 2 an L-1011 type…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by9 opinions
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