ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft 99A Airliner N491BB Saint-Barthélémy Airport (SBH)
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Status:Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:Friday 31 December 1999
Time:10:55
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE99 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Beechcraft 99A Airliner
Operator:Bohlke International Airways
Registration: N491BB
MSN: U-97
First flight: 1969
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Saint-Barthélémy Airport (SBH) (   Saint Barthélemy)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Saint Croix-Henry E. Rohlsen Airport (STX/TISX), U.S. Virgin Islands
Destination airport:Saint-Barthélémy Airport (SBH/TFFJ), Saint Barthélemy
Narrative:
The aircraft departed St.Croix at about 10:00 for a flight to St. Barthelemy. A 360-degree turn had to be made upon arrival due to other arriving traffic. The aircraft turned an 8- mile final. At a 1,5-mile final the flaps were lowered to the full down position, the propellers were set at 2,000 rpm, airspeed 95 knots, and all three landing gear lights were illuminated. On touchdown the airplane yawed to the left. Right rudder and aileron was applied with negative results. Power was increased and the airplane continued to yaw to the left. The airplane went off the left side of the runway and ground looped, separating the right main landing gear. The airplane came to a complete stop on its fuselage with the nose gear extended.

Classification:
Runway excursion

Sources:
» NTSB id MIA00WA062


Photos

photo of Beechcraft-99A-N491BB
accident date: 31-12-1999
type: Beechcraft 99A
registration: N491BB
 

Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Saint Croix-Henry E. Rohlsen Airport to Saint-Barthélémy Airport as the crow flies is 207 km (129 miles).

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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