Plane Crash List

British Aircraft Corp (Bac) BAC 1-11 YS17C

6 September 1983 · Green CANYON172 · Serious injuries

Summary

On 6 September 1983 at about 18:14 local time, a British Aircraft Corp (Bac) BAC 1-11 registered YS17C was involved in an accident near Green CANYON172. 71 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 18:14
Classification
Accident
Location
Green CANYON172
Nearest airport
Moisant (MSY)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
British Aircraft Corp (Bac) BAC 1-11
Registration
YS17C
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 129: Foreign
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Belizectybelize → New Orleans
Aircraft damage
Not recorded
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW83LA429

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
71 0 1 2 68

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE ESTABLISHED IN CRUISE FLIGHT DEVIATING AROUND AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ENCOUNTER WITH TURBULENCE THAT CAUSED 1 SERIOUS AND 2 MINOR INJURIES

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other British Aircraft Corp (Bac) BAC-1 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
28 Jan 1987 British Aircraft Corp (Bac) BAC 1-11 201
N101EX
Orlando, Florida, United States
no coordinates
Florida Express, Inc. No injuries -