| Date: | Tuesday 28 November 1989 |
| Time: | 18:25 |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | New England Airlines |
| Registration: | N127JL |
| MSN: | 69 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 6,5 km NW off Block Island, RI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Block Island Airport, RI (BID/KBID) |
| Westerly State Airport, RI (WST/KWST) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed at sea.
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."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
NTSB
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