ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144636
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 24-MAR-2012 |
| Time: | After 15:30 |
| Type: | Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Operator: | United Aviation Holdings Inc. |
| Registration: | N208JS |
| C/n / msn: | 20800400 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | The sea off Abalone Caye in the Port Honduras Marine Reserve, BZ -
 Belize
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Placencia Village, Belize |
| Abalone Caye, Belize |
While performing a water landing on a repositioning flight, a float-equipped Cessna 208 Caravan I, N208JS, flipped inverted and sank in about 15 feet of water in Abalone Caye, about 15 miles off Punta Gorda Town, Belize.
The sole pilot on board the aircraft was not injured.
Sources:
http://www.plustvbelize.com/Featured/NewsDetails/tabid/63/ArticleId/2620/Air-craft-landing-goes-wrong.aspx
http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/16_208JS.txt
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=208JS&x=0&y=0
http://www.opshots.net/gallery2/index.php?page=photos&id=2857 (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2012 22:18 | Geno | Added |
| 27-Mar-2012 00:56 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2012 00:56 | RobertMB | Updated [Source] |
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