1995 Air St. Martin Beech 1900 crash
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A French-registered Beechcraft 1900D similar to the one involved | |
Accident | |
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Date | December 7, 1995 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Belle-Anse, near Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Beechcraft 1900D |
Operator | Air Saint Martin |
Registration | F-OHRK |
Flight origin | Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport, Cayenne, French Guiana |
Stopover | Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadelope |
Destination | Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
Passengers | 18 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 20 |
Injuries | 0 |
Survivors | 0 |
On December 7, 1995, a chartered twin-turboprop Beechcraft 1900D commuter aircraft registered as F-OHRK and owned and operated by Air Saint Martin crashed near Belle-Anse, Haiti. The flight was en route from Cayenne, French Guiana and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and had been chartered by the Government of France to return illegal immigrants to Haiti from French territory. There were no survivors among its 18 passengers and 2 crew members.[1]
Investigators determined that F-OHRK had drifted ten nautical miles off course. The aircraft collided with a mountain at 5,030 feet (1,530 m) after having been cleared by air traffic control to descend to 4,000 feet (1,200 m).[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft 1900D F-OHRK Port-au-Prince Airport (PAP)". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Archived from the original on 2005-11-13. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ "Crash of a Beechcraft 1900D on Mt La Selle: 20 killed". www.baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Archived from the original on 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
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