ASN Aircraft accident Shorts 330-200 VP-LVR Beef Island Airport (EIS)
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Status:
Date:Thursday 6 May 1993
Type:Silhouette image of generic SH33 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Shorts 330-200
Operator:Atlantic Air BVI
Registration: VP-LVR
MSN: SH.3006
First flight: 1976
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 27
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 30
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Beef Island Airport (EIS) (   British Virgin Islands)
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Tortola-Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, Beef Island (EIS/TUPJ), British Virgin Islands
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Overran into the sea after aborting the takeoff. All instruments etc. were removed from the plane and it was sunk in only 42 feet of water off Great Dog Island to serve as a dive site.

Classification:
Rejected takeoff
Runway excursion

Sources:
» Air International


Photos

photo of Shorts-330-G-BEEO
accident date: 06-05-1993
type: Shorts 330
registration: G-BEEO
 
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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