Narrative:
Some five minutes after departure from Punta Gorda Airport (PND), while at 1500 feet, the engine lost power. The pilot carried out a ditching.
Ditching
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Saturday 20 March 2004 |
| Time: | 11:59 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Operator: | Tropic Air |
| Registration: | V3-HGB |
| MSN: | 208B0871 |
| First flight: | 2000 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) E off Punta Gorda ( Belize)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Punta Gorda Airport (PND), Belize |
| Placencia Airport (PLJ), Belize |
Some five minutes after departure from Punta Gorda Airport (PND), while at 1500 feet, the engine lost power. The pilot carried out a ditching.
Classification:
Ditching
Sources:
» NTSBPhotos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Punta Gorda Airport to Placencia Airport as the crow flies is 68 km (42 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
Distance from Punta Gorda Airport to Placencia Airport as the crow flies is 68 km (42 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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