Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Mar 29, 2005, Fazenda Ve...
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on March 29, 2005 near Fazenda Vera Paz, Pará, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: Loss of control on landing for...
- Date: March 29, 2005
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Fazenda Vera Paz, Pará, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of control on landing for unknown reasons. The investigators could not establish whether heavy rain contributed. The narrowed runway and the drainage ditch prevented the aircraft from decelerating safely.
A PENTA cargo flight with a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan departed Itaituba for a private airstrip at Fazenda Vera Paz. After touchdown the pilot lost directional control, and the aircraft veered left into a drainage ditch and caught fire. The pilot escaped unhurt, but the aircraft was destroyed by the fire.