| Date: | unk. date 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Owner/operator: | Ejército del Perú |
| Registration: | EP-859 |
| MSN: | 20800254 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The float-equipped Cessna 208 crashed in the Peruvian Rain Forest on a river that boarders Colombia. The pilot was trying to start the engine while floating down the river. It struck a cable holding a barge in position and flipped the aircraft over and sank.
Sources:
Aircraft Structures International Corp.
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