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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 2015 |
| Time: | 17:17 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182 Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Tropic Air |
| Registration: | V3-HHT |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lighthouse Reef Atoll -
 Belize
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Phillip Goldson Intl (BZE/MZBZ) |
| Juan Manuel Gálvez (RTB/MHRO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The plane crashed into the Carribean Sea during an attempted diversion to Half Moon Cay after a technical malfunction. All three occupants were rescued by the Belize National Coast Guard(BNCG).
Sources:
https://antiguaobserver.com/single-engine-aircraft-plunges-into-caribbean-sea-passengers-survive/
http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/114292
https://www.sanpedrosun.com/accidents-and-disasters/2015/06/03/tropic-air-cessna-182-makes-emergency-landing-in-lighthouse-reef-atoll/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jun-2015 13:45 | gerard57 | Added |
| 03-Jun-2015 23:17 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jun-2015 23:19 | Geno | Updated [Country, ] |
| 27-Jul-2015 09:43 | Anon. | Updated [Country, Damage, ] |
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