Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Wednesday 26 August 2009 |
Time: | 08:14 |
Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Operator: | Línea Turística Aereotuy - LTA |
Registration: | YV1183 |
MSN: | 208B0690 |
First flight: | 1998 |
Total airframe hrs: | 16077 |
Cycles: | 16406 |
Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | 7,4 km (4.6 mls) N off La Tortuga ( Venezuela)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Los Roques Airport (LRV/SVRS), Venezuela |
Destination airport: | Porlamar Airport (PMV/SVMG), Venezuela |
Flightnumber: | 202 |
Narrative:A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by Línea Turística Aereotuy - LTA, was damaged when the pilot was forced to ditch the single engine airplane at sea. Flight TUY 202 had left Los Roques Airport (LRV) on the Islas Los Roques on an overwater flight to Porlamar Airport (PMV) on the Isla de Margarita.
The flight took off at 07:34 hours local time and climbed to the cruising altitude of 11.500 feet. At 08:04 the aircraft experienced an explosion in the engine, followed by vibration of the engine. The pilot shut down the engine and radioed an emergency. While the airplane descended, the pilot used Flaps 30 in order to carry out a ditching at the lowest possible speed.
All occupants were rescued by fishermen and a sports boat.
Probable Cause:
CAUSAL FACTOR (translated from Spanish):
Material: According to the findings in the laboratory tests, it was determined that the crash was caused by failures in one or more of the engine compressor turbine blades. However, the mechanism of initial fracture of said blade (s) could not be confirmed.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | JIAAC Venezuela |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Accident number: | 041/2009 | Download report: | Final report
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Classification:
All engine powerloss
Ditching
Sources:
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Distance from Los Roques Airport to Porlamar Airport as the crow flies is 314 km (196 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.