| Date: | Saturday 24 March 2012 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N208JS |
| MSN: | 20800400 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Abalone Caye, Port Honduras Marine Reserve -
 Belize
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
While performing a water landing on a repositioning flight, a float-equipped Cessna 208 Caravan I, N208JS, flipped inverted and sank in about 15 feet of water in Abalone Caye, about 15 miles off Punta Gorda Town, Belize.
The sole pilot on board the aircraft was not injured.
Sources:
Photo of N208JS dismantled in a hangar
FAA
PlusTV Belize
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 October 2011 | N208JS | Flying Caravan LLC | 0 | Miami-Opa locka Executive Airport, FL (OPF/KOPF) |  |
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