Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Jan 18, 2014 (2 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on January 18, 2014 near Olive Creek, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Guyana with 2 fatalities. Cause: GCAA: the probable cause was...
- Date: January 18, 2014
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Olive Creek, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Guyana
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: GCAA: the probable cause was a power loss suffered by the engine, associated with the fatigue fracture of one 1st stage compressor stator vane, the crack originating from a lack of brazing adhesion between the leading edge and mid chord of the vane.
A Trans Guyana Airways Cessna 208B Grand Caravan on a cargo shuttle from Olive Creek Airstrip to Imbaimadai crashed about two and a half minutes after takeoff on 18 January 2014, three kilometres south of Olive Creek. The pilot and a loader were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by the impact, with no fire. The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority found that the engine lost power after a 1st stage compressor stator vane fatigued and fractured from a lack of brazing adhesion, and the report also found that the drums of cargo were not adequately restrained.