# Accident 20211113017919A: Britten-Norman BN-2A, Beaver Island, MI, November 13, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2021, 13:47 local time
- Place: Beaver Island, MI
- Airport: Welke Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ECLA
- Location: 45.7199° N, 85.5177° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7199&lon=-85.5177&mi=10
- Aircraft: N866JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N866JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Britten-Norman BN-2A (registry code 1520204, https://openairdocs.org/model/britten-norman-bn-2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRITTEN-NORMAN BN-2A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,843 total, 123 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211113017919A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 13, 2021, AT 1349 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BRITTEN NORMAN BN-2A AIRPLANE,

N866JA, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON BEAVER ISLAND,

MICHIGAN. THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED, AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED

SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR)

PART 135 AIR TAXI FLIGHT.

THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE CHARLEVOIX MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CVX), AT 1332, WITH THE PILOT AND 4

PASSENGERS ON-BOARD. AFTER DEPARTING CVX, THE AIRPLANE TURNED NORTH AND PROCEEDED DIRECTLY

TOWARD THE WELKE AIRPORT (6Y8), ON BEAVER ISLAND, MICHIGAN. THE ENROUTE PORTION OF THE FLIGHT

WAS CONDUCTED ABOUT 1500 FT. ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL), AND THE AIRPLANE REMAINED AT THIS

ALTITUDE UNTIL THE IT WAS ABOUT 3 NAUTICAL MILES (NM) FROM 6Y. AT THIS POINT, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN

DESCENDING AND WAS MANEUVERED TOWARD A STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35 AT 6Y8. THE

AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE-BROADCAST (ADS-B) DATA ENDED ABOUT 0.24 NM SOUTH OF THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN22FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA031), Nov 13, 2021: Britten-Norman BN-2A (N866JA), Beaver Island, MI, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during final approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control at an altitude too low to recover.

## Other reports on N866JA (1)

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

- [Incident 19780317013549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780317013549I), Mar 17, 1978: Bnorm BN2 (N866JA), Tallahassee, FL. Pilot out of fuel. Landed on highway.

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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