# NTSB NYC97WA091: British Aerospace BA-31, N854JS, Hamilton, Canada, May 9, 1997

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 9, 1997, 06:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place: Hamilton, Canada
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 12 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39449
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC97WA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39449/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97WA091

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N854JS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N854JS-2001-05-23), registration cancelled 2001-05-23, S/N 735 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: British Aerospace BA-31
- Registry model: [British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3101](https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3101) (registry code 1500216) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Chautauqua Airlines Inc., doing business as US Airways Express
- Departed: YHM
- Destination: PIT, PITTSBURGH, PA
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Not reported
- Wind: 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 0.5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 300 ft
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: YHM

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