# NTSB MIA96WA204: Cessna 402B, N403N, St. Barthelemy, Martinique, August 5, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 5, 1996, 13:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place: St. Barthelemy, Martinique
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 7 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38119
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA96WA204
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38119/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96WA204

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N403N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N403N-1997-08-20), registration cancelled 1997-08-20, S/N 402B0900 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 402B
- Registry model: [Cessna 402B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (registry code 207590P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Virgin Air, Inc., doing business as Air St. Thomas
- Departed: TFFJ
- Destination: STT, ST. THOMAS
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 170° at 17 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TNC

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19960805021039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960805021039A), Aug 5, 1996: Cessna 402B, St Barthelamy, U.S. Virgin Islands, Substantial damage. On attempt to abort takeoff due to stuck elevator, crashed into water.

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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