Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 5 March 2006
Aircraft Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator: Servicios Areos Sucre – SASCA
Registration Number: YV-1149C
Location: Arekuna –
ÿ Venezuela
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13
Component Affected: EngineEngine
Category: Accident
A Cessna aircraft, carrying eleven Czech tourists, departed Porlamar (PMV) at 15:09 on a flight to Canaima (CAJ). An engine failure occurred approximately twenty minutes before the scheduled arrival, causing the aircraft to descend. The pilots successfully maintained airborne flight for twelve minutes before a forced landing occurred near the Arekuna Camp, resulting in the aircraft running into a ditch and overturning.A Cessna aircraft, carrying eleven Czech tourists, departed Porlamar (PMV) at 15:09 on a flight to Canaima (CAJ). An engine failure occurred approximately twenty minutes before the scheduled arrival, causing the aircraft to descend. The pilots successfully maintained airborne flight for twelve minutes before a forced landing occurred near the Arekuna Camp, resulting in the aircraft running into a ditch and overturning.
Description
The Cessna departed Porlamar (PMV) at 15:09 on a flight to Canaima (CAJ). On board were eleven Czech tourists. Some twenty minutes short of Canaima, the engine quit. The airplane began to descend from its cruising altitude of 10000 feet. The pilots managed to keep the airplane airborne for twelve minutes. A forced landing was carried out near the Arekuna Camp, located close to the Canaima National Park. On landing the aircraft ran into a ditch and overturned.
Primary Cause
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