Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Mar 17, 2004, Lake Manyara
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on March 17, 2004 near Lake Manyara, Manyara, Tanzania with no fatalities. Cause: Engine failure for undetermined...
- Date: March 17, 2004
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Lake Manyara, Manyara, Tanzania
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Engine failure for undetermined reasons.
A Regional Air Services Cessna 208B Grand Caravan lost its engine shortly after takeoff from Lake Manyara, Tanzania, on 17 March 2004. The pilot feathered the propeller and tried to land on a road, but evading a truck the aircraft hit a stone wall. All occupants were rescued, five of them seriously injured.