Cessna 208A Caravan crash, Oct 18, 1997, Bairro Guriri
Cessna 208A Caravan accident on October 18, 1997 near Bairro Guriri, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: High-pressure compressor blade...
- Date: October 18, 1997
- Aircraft: Cessna 208A Caravan
- Location: Bairro Guriri, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: High-pressure compressor blade failure, probably from a manufacturing defect; crew did not feather the propeller and departed from the checklist.
Over the ocean about 40 minutes after leaving Vitoria, the Caravan cargo flight lost its engine after a compressor blade failure and oil spread on the windshield. The crew could not reach the coast in poor visibility and landed on a beach at night. The captain was slightly injured and the copilot was uninjured.