- Date
- February 7, 2017, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Freeport, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 36 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- C6-HBWSaab 340
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear collapse
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 94736
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Landing gear collapseAll aircraft: 1,787 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Bahamas has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a SAAB 340 airplane that occurred on February 07, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Bahamas's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Bahamas.
Aircraft
- Registration
- C6-HBW
- Reported as
- Saab 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A067
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Western Air Limited
- Registered owner
- Western Air Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- MYGF
- Destination
- MYNN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MYGF, runway 06, 11,021 × ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot