
Descripción:
Tropic Air flight 2110 departed Belize City on a domestic flight to San Pedro. Microburst was encountered immediately after takeoff. The airplane impacted the water in a left wing low attitude and sank in 6-feet of water.
A thunderstorm was approaching the airport at the time of the accident.
| Estado: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
| Fecha: | miércoles 9 marzo 2005 |
| Hora: | 17:20 |
| Tipo: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Operador: | Tropic Air |
| Registración: | V3-HFW |
| Numéro de série: | 208B0791 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1999 |
| Motores: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 1 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 14 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | cerca Belize City Municipal Airport (TZA) ( Belice)
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| Fase: | Ascenso Inicial (ICL) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Belize City Municipal Airport (TZA), Belice |
| San Pedro Airport (SPR/MZSP), Belice | |
| Número de Vuelo: | 2110 |
Tropic Air flight 2110 departed Belize City on a domestic flight to San Pedro. Microburst was encountered immediately after takeoff. The airplane impacted the water in a left wing low attitude and sank in 6-feet of water.
A thunderstorm was approaching the airport at the time of the accident.
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Distance from Belize City Municipal Airport to San Pedro Airport as the crow flies is 51 km (32 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Belize City Municipal Airport to San Pedro Airport as the crow flies is 51 km (32 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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