# NTSB ERA17WA111: Saab 340, Freeport, Bahamas, February 7, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 7, 2017, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Freeport, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 26.55861, -78.695556 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5586&lon=-78.6956&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 36 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94736
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94736/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA111

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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.

- Pilot

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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