Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Mar 24, 2006 (5 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on March 24, 2006 near Cuenca-Mariscal La Mar, Azuay, Ecuador with 5 fatalities. Cause: Failure of turbine...
- Date: March 24, 2006
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Cuenca-Mariscal La Mar, Azuay, Ecuador
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Failure of turbine compressor blades from heat deformation, linked to a missed hot section inspection and lapses in the engine maintenance program.
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan on a scheduled flight from Cuenca to Macas lost its engine while climbing through about 300 feet after takeoff. It lost height, its nose wheel struck a building roof, and it crashed onto a rubber factory. Five passengers died and nine other occupants were seriously injured.