Hull-loss description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
Status:- (No safety board investigation)
Date:10 JUN 2012
Time:ca 22:30
Type:de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311
Operator:Leeward Islands Air Transport - LIAT
Registration: V2-LGH
C/n / msn: 242
First flight: 1990-11-16 (21 years 7 months)
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney PW123
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Antigua-Coolidge International Airport (ANU) (Antigua and Barbuda)
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:-
Departure airport:-
Destination airport:-
Narrative:
A de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 passenger plane, V2-LGH, was destroyed in a fire on the ground at Antigua-Coolidge International Airport (ANU).
The LIAT owned plane was inside a hangar for a routine C check when a fire broke out at night. The airplane and hangar were destroyed by the fire.


Events:


Sources:
» Antigua Observer
» LIAT press release

Photos
photo of de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 V2-LGH
 

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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