Incident Overview
Date: Monday 16 October 2023
Aircraft Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator: Maya Island Air
Registration Number: V3-HIN
Location: 0.5 nm N of Placencia Airport (PLJ) –
ÿ Belize
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Electrical transformerElectrical transformer
Investigating Agency: BDCABDCA
Category: Accident
A Maya Island Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed after take-off from runway 06 due to an electrical transformer strike. Both occupants were killed. The incident occurred during nighttime conditions with light rain and fog, and the aircraft was intended for drug transportation.A Maya Island Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed after take-off from runway 06 due to an electrical transformer strike. Both occupants were killed. The incident occurred during nighttime conditions with light rain and fog, and the aircraft was intended for drug transportation.
Description
A Maya Island Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan hit an electrical transformer after take-off from runway 06, which led the aircraft to crash approximately 0.5 nm North of the airport. The airplane was consumed by fire and both occupants were killed. Night time conditions existed at the time of the crash with light rain and fog. Apparently the intention was to use the airplane for transporting drugs.
Source of Information
https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2023/10/16/breaking-two-burnt-bodies-reportedly-found-in-stolen-plane-that-crashed-in-placencia-peninsula/, https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2023/10/16/plane-crashes-pre-dawn-near-placencia-airstrip-under-suspicious-circumstances/, https://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=67957, https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2023/10/16/police-investigating-fatal-crash-of-stolen-plane-at-placencia-airstrip/, https://www.mayaislandair.com/our-planes/, https://www.jetphotos.com/registration/V3-HINhttps://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2023/10/16/breaking-two-burnt-bodies-reportedly-found-in-stolen-plane-that-crashed-in-placencia-peninsula/, https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2023/10/16/plane-crashes-pre-dawn-near-placencia-airstrip-under-suspicious-circumstances/, https://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=67957, https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2023/10/16/police-investigating-fatal-crash-of-stolen-plane-at-placencia-airstrip/, https://www.mayaislandair.com/our-planes/, https://www.jetphotos.com/registration/V3-HINPrimary Cause
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