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Date: | 17-AUG-2023 |
Time: | c. 14:49 |
Type: |
Raytheon 390 Premier I |
Owner/operator: | Jetvalet Sdn Bhd |
Registration: | N28JV |
MSN: | RB-97 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Other fatalities: | 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB/WMSA), Elmina, Selangor - |
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Langkawi Airport (LGK/WMKL) |
Destination airport: | Kuala Lumpur-Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB/WMSA) |
Confidence Rating: |
On August 17, 2023, at about 1449 local time, a Beechcraft 390 Premier 1 jet, N28JV, was destroyed when it impacted a highway while on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB/WMSA), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The two pilots, six passengers and two people on the ground perished in the accident.
Preliminary information indicates that the aircraft first contacted the SZB ATC at 1447 local time, a landing clearance was given at 1448, and three minutes later, the ATC noticed smoke coming from the crash site. Online photos and a car dashcam indicates the airplane impacted the ground at a high rate of descent, bursting into flames. The wreckage was highly fragmentated and spread over the highway and a wooded area.