Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 MAR 1980 |
| Time: | ca 20:25 |
| Type: | Learjet 25 |
| Operator: | Merchant Bank |
| Registration: | N211MB |
| C/n / msn: | 25-059 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 21 km (13.1 mls) N of Port-au-Prince Airport (PAP) (Haiti) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America |
| Port-au-Prince Airport (PAP/MTPP), Haiti |
Crashed into houses on a high ground. The Learjet was approaching Port-au-Prince Airport.
Sources:
» The Virgin Islands Daily News - Mar 7, 1980
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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 Miami International Airport, FL to Port-au-Prince Airport as the crow flies is 1142 km (714 miles).
Distance from Miami International Airport, FL to Port-au-Prince Airport as the crow flies is 1142 km (714 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.
