Narrative:
Crashed at sea.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft crashed for an undetermined reason, during an overwater flight on a dark (moonless) night under a cloud layer. A sigmet was in effect warning of moderate to occasionally severe turbulence below 6000 feet and the potential of low level wind shear."
» NTSB
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Tuesday 28 November 1989 |
| Time: | 18:25 |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander |
| Operator: | New England Airlines |
| Registration: | N127JL |
| MSN: | 69 |
| First flight: | 1969-04-30 (20 years 7 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 6,5 km (4.1 mls) NW off Block Island, RI ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Block Island Airport, RI (BID/KBID), United States of America |
| Westerly State Airport, RI (WST/KWST), United States of America |
Crashed at sea.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft crashed for an undetermined reason, during an overwater flight on a dark (moonless) night under a cloud layer. A sigmet was in effect warning of moderate to occasionally severe turbulence below 6000 feet and the potential of low level wind shear."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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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 Block Island Airport, RI to Westerly State Airport, RI as the crow flies is 27 km (17 miles).
Distance from Block Island Airport, RI to Westerly State Airport, RI as the crow flies is 27 km (17 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.
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