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| Date: | Thursday 24 August 2023 |
| Time: | 15:42 UTC |
| Type: |  Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter 400 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Antilles |
| Registration: | F-OMYS |
| MSN: | 971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saint-Barthélémy-Rémy de Haenen Airport (SBH/TFFJ) -
 Saint Barthlemy
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Pointe-à-Pitre-Le Raizet Airport (PTP/TFFR) |
| Saint-Barthélémy-Rémy de Haenen Airport (SBH/TFFJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Air Antilles flight 3S722, a DHC-6 Twin Otter, veered off the left side of runway 28 on landing at Saint-Barthélémy Airport and struck a parked Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopter (F-HMYL).
F-HMYL had landed at 15:13 UTC following a flight from Anguilla-Wallblake Airport (AXA). No one was on board the helicopter at the time of the accident.
According to the Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours de Saint-Barthélémy, seven people were involved in the accident, including one slightly injured person, a woman who was taken care of by the SMUR and left on site.
The airport was closed for operations.
METAR:
Weather reported about the time of the accident (1542Z):
TFFJ 241600Z AUTO 02008KT //// // ////// 33/27 Q1012
TFFJ 241530Z AUTO 02008KT //// // ////// 34/27 Q1013
TFFJ 241500Z AUTO 02009KT //// // ////// 34/28 Q1013
Sources:
https://twitter.com/airplusnews/status/1694753431834054729?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/accident-to-the-de-havilland-dhc6-registered-f-omys-operated-by-caire-on-24-08-2023-at-saint-barthelemy/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/f-omys#31bb9bdd
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#Aérien???
— Eric Stimpfling (@StimpflingEric) August 24, 2023
11h42 Collision au sol entre un Twin Otter #AirAntilles et un hélicoptère privé.
Aéroport de #SaintBarth@guadeloupela1e @AvgeeksFR @GinieSigonney pic.twitter.com/b6CDR8w0Aq
?? Selon le Service Départemental d’Incendie et de Secours de Saint-Barthélémy, sept personnes seraient impliquées dans l’accident, dont un blessé léger, une femme prise en charge par le SMUR et laissée sur place.
— air plus news (@airplusnews) August 24, 2023
▫️L’aéroport a été fermé le temps des opérations. pic.twitter.com/rBW6zGXRQe
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Aug-2023 17:37 | Romain58 | Added |
| 24-Aug-2023 17:40 | harro | Updated |
| 24-Aug-2023 18:36 | Iceman 29 | Updated |
| 02-Nov-2023 16:04 | harro | Updated |
| 05-Jan-2024 12:23 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities] |
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