Accident | |
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Date | August 26, 2003 |
Summary | Crashed due to maintenance and pilot error[1][2] |
Site | Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States 41°37′N 70°15′W / 41.617°N 70.250°W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Beechcraft 1900D |
Operator | Colgan Air dba US Airways Express |
IATA flight No. | 9L9446 |
ICAO flight No. | CJC9446 |
Call sign | COLGAN 9446 |
Registration | N240CJ |
Flight origin | Barnstable Municipal Airport, Hyannis, Massachusetts |
Destination | Albany International Airport, Albany, New York |
Occupants | 2 |
Passengers | 0 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 2 |
Survivors | 0 |
Colgan Air Flight 9446 was a repositioning flight operated by Colgan Air for US Airways Express. On August 26, 2003, the Beechcraft 1900D crashed into water 300 feet (91 m) offshore from Yarmouth, Massachusetts, shortly after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis.[1] Both pilots were killed.[3][4][5]: 85 [6][excessive citations]