Terre Haute - Evansville

On January 30, 1984 at 06:30 AM, Terre Haute - Evansville experienced a crash involving Swearingen SA226 Metro II, operated by Britt Airways, with the event recorded near Terre Haute Indiana.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

After taking off from runway 23, the aircraft crashed ssw of the airport about 6,300 feet from the departure end of the runway and about 1,800 feet to the left of the runway centerline. Impact occurred while the aircraft was in a steep descent. The wreckage path was scattered along a heading of 035° from the initial impact point. The aircraft was demolished by impact and fire and no preimpact part failure or malfunction was found that would have caused the accident. All three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N63Z, MSN TC-240, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.4667°, -87.4139°.