Incident Details
A crew was completing a short flight from Santo Domingo-Las Américas Airport to Santo Domingo-Herrera Airport, located in the city center. During the approach, while on short final, the pilot-in-command reduced the engine power too much. This caused the aircraft to lose height and strike the runway surface with excessive vertical speed.
Aftermath
The aircraft landed hard, then bounced, and came to rest a few hundred meters further down the runway. All six occupants escaped uninjured. The aircraft sustained damage beyond repair.
Cause
The investigation determined that the pilot-in-command mistakenly reduced the engine power too much during the final approach, leading to the hard landing.