Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 incident near Freeport, Bs, August 21, 2023
On August 21, 2023 at about 2:39 pm local time, a 1992 Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300, registered N920FX, was involved in an incident during landing near Freeport. It was flown under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 21, 2023 · about 2:39 pm local time
- Place
- Freeport, Bs
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300, built 1992 · all ATR 42-300s on the register
- Registration
- N920FX · registry record · serial 325
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power) during landing defining event
The aircraft
- Seats: 50
- Landing gear: fixed
- Operator: Mountain Air Cargo
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number DCA23WA436.