Cessna 208A Caravan crash, Aug 26, 1993, Sinop
Cessna 208A Caravan accident on August 26, 1993 near Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil with no fatalities.
- Date: August 26, 1993
- Aircraft: Cessna 208A Caravan
- Location: Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
A Cessna 208A Caravan was hijacked in flight on a route from Gurupi to Sao Felix do Araguaia. The hijackers forced a landing on a small airstrip near Sinop, then took off again with four people aboard after the pilots and two passengers got off. Seconds after takeoff the aircraft struggled to climb, struck a tree and crashed in a ravine about 30 km from Sinop. The four hijackers were not recovered.