
Narrative:
The Cessna was flying tourists to Canaima, when it developed engine problems en route at 11.000 feet. The pilot decided to divert to Tocomita. The Grand Caravan crashed in trees, just 100 metres short of the Tocomita runway.
Forced landing outside airport
» Juzgado Superior del Trabajo de la Circunscripción Judicial del Estado Nueva Esparta OP02-R-2005-000041
» Rescate.com
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Friday 8 August 2003 |
| Time: | 09:32 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Operator: | Servicios Aéreos Sucre - SASCA |
| Registration: | YV-1069C |
| MSN: | 208B0713 |
| First flight: | 1998 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Tocomita ( Venezuela)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Porlamar-del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport (PMV/SVMG), Venezuela |
| Canaima Airport (CAJ/SVCN), Venezuela |
The Cessna was flying tourists to Canaima, when it developed engine problems en route at 11.000 feet. The pilot decided to divert to Tocomita. The Grand Caravan crashed in trees, just 100 metres short of the Tocomita runway.
Classification:
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» El Nacional» Juzgado Superior del Trabajo de la Circunscripción Judicial del Estado Nueva Esparta OP02-R-2005-000041
» Rescate.com
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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 Porlamar-del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport to Canaima Airport as the crow flies is 532 km (332 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
Distance from Porlamar-del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport to Canaima Airport as the crow flies is 532 km (332 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
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