Accident description Status: Preliminary Date: 31 JUL 2008 Time: ca 09:45 Type: British Aerospace BAe-125-800A Operator: East Coast Jets Registration: N818MV C/n / msn: 258186 First flight: 1990 Engines: 2 Garrett TFE731-5R-1H Crew: Fatalities: / Occupants: 2 Passengers: Fatalities: / Occupants: 8 Total: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 10 Airplane damage: Written off Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: Owatonna Airport, MN (OWA) (United States of America) Phase: Approach (APR) Nature: Executive Atlantic City International Airport, NJ (ACY/KACY), United States of Departure airport: America Destination Owatonna Airport, MN (OWA/KOWA), United States of America airport: Flightnumber: 81 Narrative: East Coast Jets Flight 81, a BAe 125-800, departed Atlantic City (ACY) at 08:13 EDT on a flight to Owatonna (OWA). According to the FAA the airplane was cleared for an approach to runway 30. The airplane came down 2400 feet past the runway end and cut a swath through a corn field. The Steele County sheriff reported seven people dead, one hurt and two more unaccounted for. Weather at Owatonna at 09:55 included: wind 170 degrees at 6 knots, broken clouds at 3700 feet, temperature 19 degrees C, pressure 29.83. Sources: » 1 survivor in Owatonna plane crash; 7 dead, 2 still missing (KARE11, 31-7-2008)