ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322282
| Date: | Friday 18 November 2005 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Blancaneaux Lodge |
| Registration: | V3-HFO |
| MSN: | 465 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km NE of Privacion Airstrip -
 Belize
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Belize City-Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport (BZE/MZBZ) |
| Privacion Airstrip | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Islander departed at 10:03 for a 35-minute flight from Belize City to the airstrip of the Blancaneaux resort. Last radio contact with the pilot was at 10:16 when he reported near La Democracia while climbing to 2,500 feet. As the airplane descended for the Privacion Airstrip poor visibility conditions were encountered. On a 240-degree heading the airplane flew into a wooded hillside, 50 feet from the top, at an altitude of about 1800 feet.
Sources:
Channel 5 Belize
Channel 7 News
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) Alex Romashko; Belize City-Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport (BZE/MZBZ); January 2004
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