Date:	Sunday 7 April 1996
Time:	06:00
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Vista Liner 300
Owner/operator:	Dolphin Express Airlines
Registration:	N143SA
MSN:	591
Year of manufacture:	1978
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Virgin Gorda Airport (VIJ) -   British Virgin Islands
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Virgin Gorda Airport (VIJ/TUPW)
Destination airport:	Saint Croix-Alexander Hamilton Airport (STX/TISX)

Narrative:
The Twin Otter lost directional control and ran off the runway and struck a fence. The wing was ripped off.

Air Safety Week 29 April 1996 (p. 6)
NTSB
Professional Pilot June 1996(20)
Scramble 205

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