| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | July 24, 1979 |
| Time: | 0922 |
| Location: | St. Croix, Virgin Islands |
| Operator: | Prinair |
| Flight #: | 610 |
| Route: | St. Croix - St. Kitts |
| AC Type: | de Havilland DH-114 Heron |
| Registration: | N575PR |
| cn / ln: | 14125 |
| Aboard: | 21 (passengers:19 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 8 (passengers:7 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft attained a nose-high attitude and pitched up shortly after taking off. The pilot's loss of control of the aircraft after takeoff because of the aircraft's grossly overweight and out-of-balance condition which resulted from misloading by the company's load control personnel. The misloading was due to the failure of the company to supervise and enforce its loading procedures. |
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