Cessna T210L Turbo Centurion, N210DE: Fatal accident occurred July 23, 2022 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Federal Aviation Administration / International Field Office: Miami 

Aircraft crashed approximately 2 miles short of Runway 08, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.

Tamiami Aircraft Services Corporation

https://registry.faa.gov/N210DE

Date: 23-JUL-22

Time: 21:30:00Z

Regis#: N210DE

Aircraft Make: CESSNA

Aircraft Model: T210

Event Type: ACCIDENT

Highest Injury: FATAL

Total Fatal: 2

Flight Crew: 2 Fatal 

Pax: 0 

Activity: PERSONAL

Flight Phase: APPROACH (APR)

Operation: 91

Aircraft Missing: No

Damage: SUBSTANTIAL

City: PUERTO PLATA

Country: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Josenilton Vasconcelos, 57 years old, of North American nationality and native of Brazil, has been identified as one of the persons who lost his life when the small plane in which he was traveling crashed near the Gregorio Luperón International Airport in Puerto Plata on Saturday.

His companion has been identified as Ofinis Hernández Plasencia, 33 years old, receiving medical attention but succumbed to his injuries.  Hernández Plasencia holds a U.S. passport, although he is a native of the Dominican Republic.

The Cessna T210L Turbo Centurion,  N210DE, had left the Opa-Locka airport in Florida bound for the Puerto Plata Airport, where it crashed on a farm in the community of Sabaneta de Cangrejos.

The popular farm known as “Cangrejos” is located near the Puerto Plata Air Base and is approximately 8 kilometers from the airport.