ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322226
| Date: | Sunday 5 March 2006 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Servicios Aéreos Sucre - SASCA |
| Registration: | YV-1149C |
| MSN: | 208B0669 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Arekuna -
 Venezuela
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Porlamar-del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport (PMV/SVMG) |
| Canaima Airport (CAJ/SVCN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Cessna departed Porlamar (PMV) at 15:09 on a flight to Canaima (CAJ). On board were eleven Czech tourists. Some twenty minutes short of Canaima, the engine quit. The airplane began to descend from its cruising altitude of 10000 feet. The pilots managed to keep the airplane airborne for twelve minutes. A forced landing was carried out near the Arekuna Camp, located close to the Canaima National Park. On landing the aircraft ran into a ditch and overturned.
Sources:
Diario el Progreso
INAC
Rescate
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