ASN Aircraft accident Cessna 208 Caravan I N208JS Abalone Caye, Port Honduras Marine Reserve
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Saturday 24 March 2012
Time:15:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic C208 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna 208 Caravan I
Operator:private
Registration: N208JS
MSN: 20800400
First flight: 2006
Engines: 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:off Abalone Caye, Port Honduras Marine Reserve (   Belize)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
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:
» Photo of N208JS dismantled in a hangar
» FAA
» PlusTV Belize


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