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==Accidents and incidents== * On 24 June 1972, [[Prinair Flight 191]], which took off from [[Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], crashed while attempting to land at Mercedita Airport. Two crew and three passengers of the 20 on board died.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720624-0 | title = Prinair Flight 191 Accident Description | publisher = Aviation Safety Network | access-date = 4 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR75-17.pdf | title = Aircraft Accident Report – Puerto Rico International Airlines (Prinair), Inc., DeHavilland DH-114, N554PR, Ponce, Puerto Rico, 24 June 1972 | publisher = [[National Transportation Safety Board]] | date = 17 December 1975 | access-date = 4 March 2010}}</ref> * On 1 July 2011, a [[Cessna 185]] that was supposed to land at Mercedita airport with a family of five on board, registration number N8438Q, crashed while on its way from [[Culebra, Puerto Rico|Culebra]]. One body was found in [[Humacao, Puerto Rico|Humacao]]. The other four passengers are presumed dead.<ref>Miguel Rivera Puig. [http://www.vocero.com/puerto-rico-es/ley-y-orden-es/hallan-cadaver-de-tripulante ''Hallan cadáver de tripulante''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318220431/http://www.vocero.com/puerto-rico-es/ley-y-orden-es/hallan-cadaver-de-tripulante |date=18 March 2012}} (in Spanish). El Vocero. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.</ref> While not directly associated with this Ponce airport, it is worth noting that the first airplane accident in Puerto Rico occurred in Ponce on 2 December 1911.<ref>[http://puertoricoflyer.com/images/Begining%20of%20Aviation%20in%20Puerto%20Rico%20from%201911-1929.pdf ''The Beginning of Aviation in Puerto Rico: 1911-1929.''] Accessed 14 October 2020.</ref> American airman Tod Schiever died while in an exhibition flight in Ponce, losing control of his plane at a height of 200 feet while making a turn and plunged into a sugar cane field.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77969411/ "Birdman Dashed to Death".] ''The Gazette Times''. Pittsburgh. 4 December 1911. p. 1.</ref> Another airman also taking part in the exhibition flight, George Smitt (sometimes spelled George Schmidt) completed his exhibition without any eventualities.<ref>Eduardo Neumann Gandia. ''Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce.'' 1913. p. 271.</ref>
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