Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Aug 2, 2011 (8 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on August 2, 2011 near Bom Jardim da Serra, Santa Catarina, Brazil with 8 fatalities. Cause: Not determined. Reports...
- Date: August 2, 2011
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Bom Jardim da Serra, Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Not determined. Reports point to flight into mountainous terrain in poor visibility, and the Brazilian Air Force said it had opened an investigation. The official findings were not located.
A Brazilian Air Force Cessna 208B Grand Caravan carrying two pilots and six officers flew from Porto Alegre towards Rio de Janeiro. It encountered poor visibility in weather over Santa Catarina and struck a mountain near Bom Jardim da Serra. The aircraft disintegrated and all eight occupants were killed.