Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 20 SEP 2011 |
| Type: | Beechcraft 99A |
| Operator: | SALSA d'Haiti |
| Registration: | HH-APA |
| C/n / msn: | U-123 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Milot (Haiti)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Port-au-Prince Airport (PAP/MTPP), Haiti |
| Cap Haitien Airport (CAP/MTCH), Haiti | |
| Flightnumber: | 112 |
A Beechcraft 99 passenger plane was destroyed when it crashed in a flooded sugar cane field near Milot, Haiti. The passenger and both pilots were killed.
The airplane operated on a domestic flight from Port-au-Prince (PAP) to Cap Haitien (CAP), Haiti. Local media reported that it was the last SALSA flight of the day between the two cities. This would indicate Flight SO112 with a scheduled departure time of 16:00.
Weather was poor, including heavy rain, at the time of the accident.
Sources:
» Radio Kiskeya
Photos
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUG 1969 | N3947A | Beechcraft | |
| JAN 1970 | N10HA | Hood Airlines | delivered |
| 17 MAR 1971 | N18RA | Rio Airways | bought |
| OCT 1980 | C-GDFX | Toronto Airways | bought |
| 24 SEP 1985 | C-GDFX | Austin Airways | bought |
| AUG 1987 | C-GDFX | Air Ontario | Austin A/w merged into Air Ontario |
| 13 JAN 1989 | C-GDFX | Bearskin Lake Air Services | bought |
| 20 MAR 2008 | Carib Aviation | bought | |
| 02 AUG 2009 | N610NA | National Aerotech Aviation Delaware Inc | bought |
| 02 MAY 2011 | HH-APA | SALSA d'Haiti |
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 Airport to Cap Haitien Airport as the crow flies is 128 km (80 miles).
Distance from Port-au-Prince 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.
