Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340A N343BE

Summary

On 3 March 1999 at about 20:30 local time, a Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340A registered N343BE, operated by Business Express Airlines, was involved in an accident near Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. 33 people were on board and one was seriously injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 March 1999 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340A

Registration

N343BE

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Business Express Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boston → Philadelphia

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC99LA069

1 person was seriously injured.

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

The airplane was in a descent, the seat belt sign was turned on, and the flight attendant had returned to her seat after conducting a walk-through. She was 'waiting for the 10 out call,' and was not belted in at the time. The airplane encountered turbulence, and the flight attendant was thrown from her seat. Her head hit the ceiling of the airplane, and when she came down, she hit her back on the jumpseat, which had retracted. At the time of the accident, the airplane's weather radar was on and operating normally. There were no reports of turbulence along the route of flight, and it had been smooth both before and after the turbulence event.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.