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Date & Time
2 November 2003 at 2331LT
Crew on board
1
Type of Aircraft
Pax on board
0
Company name
Crew fatalities
0
Registration
Pax fatalities
0
Location
Kralendijk, Netherlands Antilles
Schedule
Oranjestad - Kralendijk
Total fatalities
0
Construction number
630
Year of manufacture
1974

The pilot left Oranjestad airport (Aruba island) at 2250LT for a trip to Kralendijk-Flamingo airport, on Bonaire island, also in the Netherlands Antilles. On final approach, both engine lost power and the aircraft descended before colliding with the terrain 300 meters from the runway threshold. The pilot was seriously injured and the aircraft destroyed. The CAA showed that the airplane did not contain any usable fuel and there was no evidence of fuel leakage from the airplane prior to the accident.

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