British J-3101 N16EJ

Summary

On 21 May 2000 at about 15:28 local time, a British J-3101 registered N16EJ was involved in an accident near Bear Creek Town, Pennsylvania, United States. 19 people were on board and 19 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 May 2000 at 15:28

Classification

Accident

Location

Bear Creek Town, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Wilkes-Barre Scranton Int'l (AVP)

Coordinates

41.1539, -75.7589

Aircraft

British J-3101

Registration

N16EJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atlantic City → Wilkes Barre

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA00MA052

19 people died.

The flight crew’s failure to ensure an adequate fuel supply for the flight, which led to the stoppage of the right engine due to fuel exhaustion and the intermittent stoppage of the left engine due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident were the flight crew's failure to monitor the airplane’s fuel state and the flight crew's failure to maintain directional control after the initial engine stoppage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm. On May 21, 2000, about 1128 eastern daylight time (EDT), a British Aerospace Jetstream 3101, N16EJ, operated by East Coast Aviation Services (doing business as Executive Airlines) crashed about 11 miles south of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP), Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The airplane was destroyed by impact and a postcrash fire, and 17 passengers and two flight crewmembers were killed. The flight was being conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 as an on-demand charter flight for Caesar’s Palace Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed for the flight from Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) to AVP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.