Fatal aviation accident in Haiti
1995 Air St. Martin Beech 1900 crash A French-registered Beechcraft 1900D similar to the one involved
Date December 7, 1995 Summary Controlled flight into terrain Site Belle-Anse , near Toussaint Louverture International Airport , Port-au-Prince , Haiti 18°20′15″N 72°18′16″W / 18.33750°N 72.30444°W / 18.33750; -72.30444 Aircraft type Beechcraft 1900D Operator Air Saint Martin Registration F-OHRK Flight origin Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport , Cayenne , French GuianaStopover Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport , Pointe-à-Pitre , GuadelopeDestination Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Passengers 18 Crew 2 Fatalities 20 Injuries 0 Survivors 0
On December 7, 1995, a chartered twin-turboprop Beechcraft 1900D commuter aircraft registered as F-OHRK and owned and operated by Air Saint Martin crashed near Belle-Anse , Haiti . The flight was en route from Cayenne , French Guiana and Pointe-à-Pitre , Guadeloupe to Port-au-Prince , Haiti , and had been chartered by the Government of France to return illegal immigrants to Haiti from French territory. There were no survivors among its 18 passengers and 2 crew members.[ 1]
Investigators determined that F-OHRK had drifted ten nautical miles off course. The aircraft collided with a mountain at 5,030 feet (1,530 m) after having been cleared by air traffic control to descend to 4,000 feet (1,200 m).[ 2]
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