Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 9 October 2005
Aircraft Type: Cessna 208 Caravan I
Owner/operator: RICO Taxi Areo
Registration Number: PR-RTA
Location: Rio Negro, AM –
ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: WheelsWheels
Category: Accident
A Cessna Caravan, equipped with floats, experienced a catastrophic failure during a short flight to a wealthy area of the Rio Negro. The wheels were not retracted upon takeoff, leading to a sudden flip and subsequent submergence.A Cessna Caravan, equipped with floats, experienced a catastrophic failure during a short flight to a wealthy area of the Rio Negro. The wheels were not retracted upon takeoff, leading to a sudden flip and subsequent submergence.
Description
The float-equipped Cessna Caravan departed Santa Isabel do Rio Negro for a ten-minute flight to an affluent of the Rio Negro. The wheels had not been retracted after takeoff and upon landing the airplane flipped and submerged.
Primary Cause
Failure of wheel retraction upon takeoff.Failure of wheel retraction upon takeoff.Share on:
