Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 AUG 1973 |
| Time: | 14:50 |
| Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A-6 Islander |
| Operator: | Turks & Caicos Airways |
| Registration: | N38JA |
| C/n / msn: | 211 |
| First flight: | 1971 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Dondon (Haiti) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Port-au-Prince-Mais Gate Airport (PAP/MTPP), Haiti |
| Cap Haitien Airport (CAP/MTCH), Haiti |
The Islander entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed following in-flight airframe failure.
Sources:
» Aviation News 28 Sep. 1973
» BAAA-ACRO
» NTSB
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Port-au-Prince-Mais Gate Airport to Cap Haitien Airport as the crow flies is 128 km (80 miles).
Distance from Port-au-Prince-Mais Gate Airport to Cap Haitien Airport as the crow flies is 128 km (80 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
