1995 Air St. Martin Beech 1900 crash

1995 Air St. Martin Beech 1900 crash

Accident summary
Date	December 7, 1995
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	near Belle-Anse, Haiti
Passengers	18
Crew	2
Injuries (non-fatal)	0
Fatalities	20 (all)
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Beechcraft 1900D
Operator	Air Saint Martin
Registration	F-OHRK

On December 7, 1995, a chartered twin-turboprop Beechcraft 1900D commuter aircraft registered as F-OHRK and owned and operated by Air Saint Martin crashed near Belle-Anse, Haiti. The flight was en route from Cayenne, French Guyana and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and had been chartered by the Government of France to return illegal immigrants to Haiti from French territory.

Investigators determined that F-OHRK had drifted ten nautical miles off course. The aircraft collided with a mountain at 5,030 feet after having been cleared by air traffic control to descend to 4,000 feet.

References

• Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network