
Unfallbericht:
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.
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| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Datum: | Sonntag 5 März 2006 |
| Zeit: | 15:45 |
| Flugzeugtyp: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Servicios Aéreos Sucre - SASCA |
| Kennzeichen: | YV-1149C |
| Werknummer: | 208B0669 |
| Baujahr: | 1998 |
| Triebwerk: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 2 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 11 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 13 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Arekuna ( Venezuela)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Porlamar-del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport (PMV/SVMG), Venezuela |
| Canaima Airport (CAJ/SVCN), Venezuela |
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.
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Distance from Porlamar-del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport to Canaima Airport as the crow flies is 532 km (332 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Porlamar-del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport to Canaima Airport as the crow flies is 532 km (332 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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