# Accident 19951207043529A: Beech 1900D, Port Au Prince, HA, December 7, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1995
- Place: Port Au Prince, HA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: FOHRK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 20
- Fatal injuries: 20
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951207043529A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.19) ON DECEMBER 7, 1995, ABOUT 1754 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BEECH 1900D, FRENCH REGISTRATION F-OHRK, OPERATED BY AIR SAINT MARTIN, AS A CHARTER FLIGHT FROM CAYENNE, FRENCH GUYANA TO PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI, WITH A FUELING STOP IN POINTE-A-PITRE, GUADELOUPE, CRASHED WHILE APPROACHING PORT-AU-PRINCE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE TWO PILOTS AND 18 PASSENGERS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT LAST DEPARTED POINTE-A-PITRE ON DECEMBER 7, 1995, ABOUT 1500.  INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE FRENCH BUREAU ENQUETES-ACCIDENTS (BEA) INDICATED THE FLIGHT WAS CLEARED TO DESCEND FOR APPROACH BY PORT-AU-PRINCE ATC AND CONTACT WITH THE FLIGHT WAS LOST SHORTLY AFTER THIS.  THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, SOUTHEAST OF PORT-AU-PRINCE. THE HAITI CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES AND U.S. EMBASSY PERSONNEL STATED THE WEATHER AT PORT-AU-PRINCE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS CLEAR WITH NO PRECIPITATION. THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF HAITI CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES. FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ACCIDENT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM:                      DIRECTEUR GENERAL,OFFICE NATIONAL DE L'AVIATION CIVILE, AEROPORT INTERNATIONAL DE PORT-AU-PRINCE,PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI             PHONE: 509-46-2701                                                          THIS REPORT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND CONTAINS ONLY INFORMATION RELEASED BY THE HAITI CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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