Britten-Norman Islander crash, Jan 2, 1980 (9 killed), Gr...
Britten-Norman Islander accident on January 2, 1980 near Grande-Rivière-du-Nord, North, Haiti with 9 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain..
- Date: January 2, 1980
- Aircraft: Britten-Norman Islander
- Location: Grande-Rivière-du-Nord, North, Haiti
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain.
On 2 January 1980 Britten-Norman Islander HH-CNC on a scheduled service from Port-au-Prince to Cap Haitien flew into a mountain slope near Grande-Riviere-du-Nord in poor weather with a low ceiling. All nine occupants were killed.