# NTSB DCA15RA018: Short Bros Shorts SD3 60, N380MQ, Sint Maartin -Juliana, NT, October 29, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 29, 2014, 22:39 local (22:39 UTC)
- Place: Sint Maartin -Juliana, NT
- Coordinates: 18.040555, -63.11111 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.0406&lon=-63.1111&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90335
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA15RA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90335/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15RA018

## Preliminary report

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## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Short Bros SHORTS SD3-60, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=8100605), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N380MQ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N380MQ-2018-04-24), registration cancelled 2018-04-24, S/N SH3702, built 1986 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHORT BROS SHORTS SD3 60 (SHERPA VAR)
- Registry model: [Short Bros SHORTS SD3-60](https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-shorts-sd3-60) (registry code 8100605) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (registry code 52034, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: SH3702
- Year built: 1986
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Skyway Enterprises Inc
- Registered owner: Sky Way Enterprises Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: TNCM, Sint Maartin -Juliana
- Airport: TNCM, Princess Juliana International

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.

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