| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | Sunday 9 October 2005 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Operator: | RICO Taxi Aéreo |
| Registration: | PR-RTA |
| MSN: | 20800380 |
| First flight: | 2004 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Rio Negro, AM ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Santa Isabel do Rio Negro, AM, Brazil |
| Rio Negro, AM, Brazil |
The float-equipped Cessna Caravan departed Santa Isabel do Rio Negro for a ten-minute flight to an affluent of the Rio Negro. The wheels had not been retracted after takeoff and upon landing the airplane flipped and submerged.
Classification:
Runway mishap
Sources:
» Departamento de Aviação Civil (DAC)Photos
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