Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 9 March 2005
Aircraft Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator: Tropic Air
Registration Number: V3-HFW
Location: near Belize City Municipal Airport (TZA) –
ÿ Belize
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14
Component Affected: AirplaneAirplane
Category: Accident
A Tropic Air flight 2110 experienced a microburst immediately following takeoff from Belize City, resulting in the aircraft impacting the water at a low attitude and sinking to six feet. A thunderstorm was approaching the airport at the time.A Tropic Air flight 2110 experienced a microburst immediately following takeoff from Belize City, resulting in the aircraft impacting the water at a low attitude and sinking to six feet. A thunderstorm was approaching the airport at the time.
Description
Tropic Air flight 2110 departed Belize City on a domestic flight to San Pedro. Microburst was encountered immediately after takeoff. The airplane impacted the water in a left wing low attitude and sank in 6-feet of water. A thunderstorm was approaching the airport at the time of the accident.
Primary Cause
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