ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327483
| Date: | Monday 30 January 1984 |
| Time: | 06:30 |
| Type: |  Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II |
| Owner/operator: | Britt Airways |
| Registration: | N63Z |
| MSN: | TC-240 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10607 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE331 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km SSW of Terre Haute-Hulman Field, IN (HUF) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Terre Haute-Hulman Field, IN (HUF/KHUF) |
| Evansville-Dress Regional Airport, IN (EVV/KEVV) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft entered a steep descent shortly after takeoff from runway 23 and crashed 6300 feet past the runway end and 1800 feet left of the extended centreline.
The pilots were both management Captains (one was the Company's Director of Operations, the other was Chief Pilot of the Galesburg, Illinois base). The one passenger was the Assistant Director of Customer Service for the Britt.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Undetermined".
Sources:
NTSB Identification: DCA84AA015
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Oklahoma City-Will Rogers Airport, OK (OKC); September 1982
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