ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322923
Date: | Friday 27 December 2002 |
Time: | 18:00 |
Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Owner/operator: | Tropic Air |
Registration: | V3-HGH |
MSN: | 208B0930 |
Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off San Pedro Airport (SPR) -
Belize
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Belize City-Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport (BZE/MZBZ) |
Destination airport: | San Pedro Airport (SPR/MZSP) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The Caravan departed Belize City for an IFR flight to San Pedro (SPR). The fight approached runway 06/24 amidst rain showers. About 2.5 miles away from the runway threshold, at an altitude of about 400 feet the pilot started reducing power to maintain a speed of 120 knots for flap deployment, when suddenly there was an indication of a 1,000 feet per minute descent rate on the VSI. The pilot increased power to initiate a climb, however the airplane continued to descend and impacted the water.
The Caravan was a brand new model, delivered February 2002.
Sources:
News 5
NTSB
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