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NTSB Investigating Jazz Aviation Regional Jet Accident Near New York With Two Dead

An accident record lists two fatalities and 37 injured among 39 on board a Bombardier CL-600-2D24 in the early hours of March 23, 2026; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:22 a.m. ET
This is a developing event. An accident record lists a operated by as involved in an accident at about 3:37 a.m. local time on March 23, 2026, with the nearest city given as New York, N.Y. The record lists fatalities, four people seriously injured and 33 with minor injuries, out of souls on board. The aircraft is listed as having sustained substantial damage, and the flight is classified in the record as a Part 129 foreign air carrier operation. The National Transportation Safety Board is listed as the investigating body. The cause has not been determined. The accident record identifies the aircraft as . Aircraft registry records list that registration as a Bombardier Inc. CL-600-2D24 (Series 900), a twin-engine jet landplane, serial number 15052, registered in Canada, with the registered owner given as ; a registered owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to a flight. Published company material describes as a Canadian regional airline headquartered at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Enfield, Nova Scotia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chorus Aviation Inc. that operates regional services for Air Canada under the Air Canada Express brand, with roughly 103–104 aircraft and about 4,500 employees, according to Chorus Aviation and Wikipedia. Transport Canada records list Air Operator Certificate No. 5002; a United States air operator certificate No. NZAF100F is also listed. Published company material names Doug Clarke as president and Cal Purves as vice president, flight operations; the investigation has made no finding connecting either post-holder to this accident. This is background on the owner and operator of record and says nothing about the cause of this accident. Weather observed at Teterboro Airport, 9.9 miles away and 14 minutes from the reported time, recorded wind from 20 degrees at 7 knots, visibility statute miles in rain and mist, an overcast ceiling at 600 feet and a temperature of 47°F. The observation is an instrument reading and is not a stated factor in the accident. Geographic reference data places the settlement of New York at 105 feet elevation, 8.3 miles east-northeast of LaGuardia Airport and 8.8 miles east of Newark Liberty International Airport; that geocode locates a settlement and not the accident site. The investigation remains open.

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Reference data

From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
C-GNJZ
Type
Bombardier Inc. CL-600-2D24 (Series 900) (Bombardier) — twin-engine jet landplane
Registered owner
Jazz Aviation LpThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
105 ft
Nearest aerodrome
8.3 miles WSW of LaGuardia Airport (KLGA/LGA)

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:22current

    Clarified that the geographic reference locates the settlement rather than the accident site, and added named Jazz Aviation post-holders with a note that no finding connects them to the accident.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 16:21

    First published.

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