Accident · 1989-11-28
What the record says
- Event date
- 1989-11-28
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Britten-Norman BN-2 (N127JL)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON, DURING AN OVERWATER FLIGHT ON A DARK (MOONLESS) NIGHT UNDER A CLOUD LAYER. A SIGMET WAS IN EFFECT WARNING OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY SEVERE TURBULENCE BELOW 6000 FEET AND THE POTENTIAL OF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR.
Source: NTSB case DCA90MA010Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.