- Date
- September 20, 2011, 21:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cap Haitien, Haiti
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- HH-APABeech 99
- Defining event
- Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 81866
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On September 20, 2011, at 2130 universal coordinated time, a Hawker Beechcraft BE-99A, registered in Haiti as HH-APA, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain while on approach to the Cap Haitien International Airport (MTCH), Cap Haitien, Haiti. The two crewmembers and one passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated by Salsa d'Haiti as flight 112, a scheduled domestic passenger flight which originated from Port-Au-Prince International Airport (MTPP), and was conducted under Haitian flight regulations. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Haiti. Further information may be obtained from: Office National de l' Aviation Civile (OFNAC) Aéroport International de Port-au-Prince B.P. 1346 Port-au-Prince, Haiti Telephone: (+509) 2250-0220 Fax: (+509) 2250-9898 This report is for informational purposes only and contains information released by or obtained for the Government of Haiti.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HH-APA
- Reported as
- Beech 99 (A)
- Serial number
- U-123
- Engines
- P&Wc PT-6A-27, 550 horsepower, turbo propP&Wc PT-6A-27, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Salsa d'Haiti
- Registered owner
- National Aerotech
- Departed
- MTPP · Port-Au-Prince
- Destination
- MTCH · Cap Haitien
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MTCH · Cap Haitien, runway 05, 4,890 × 148 ft, asphalt
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 29, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 48 KB in all.