# Incident 20010902029059I: Aerosp ATR72212, Hewanorra, ST, September 2, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2001, 13:35 local time
- Place: Hewanorra, ST
- Airport: Hewanorra St Lucia
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TRBA
- Aircraft: N399AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N399AT-2013-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale ATR 72-212 (registry code 8680945, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-atr-72-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney 127 (registry code 52132, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-127) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72212
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,214 total, 1,441 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010902029059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ATC CLEARED AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT 9820 TO THE GEORGES CHARLES AIRPORT AT ST. LUCIA, VIA THE A312, FORT OF FRANCE, DIRECT TO DESTINATION. MAINTAIN 7000 FT. INITIALLY, SQUACK 1520. ERRONEOUSLY THE CREW PROGRAMMED THE GPS TO HEWANORRA VOR (BNE) WHICH IS ON ANOTHER AIRPORT AT ST. LUCIA. A.E. FLIGHT 9820 WAS CLEARED FOR THE VOR/DME 10 APPROACH AT HEWANORRA AND LANDED UNEVENFUL AT THE AIRPORT. AT THE GROUND THE CREW REALIZED THAT THEY HAD LANDED AT THE WRONG AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N399AT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970801027349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970801027349I), Aug 1, 1997: Aerosp ATR72212 (N399AT), Lafayette, IN. Narrative: on aug 1, 1997 flight 4070 was enroute from ind to ord. When the crew detected a chlorine smell and smoke in the cockpit. The flight declared an…

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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