Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Sep 30, 2016 (4 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on September 30, 2016 near San Antonio de Prado, Antioquia, Colombia with 4 fatalities. Cause: AEROCIVIL (per BAAA...
- Date: September 30, 2016
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: San Antonio de Prado, Antioquia, Colombia
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: AEROCIVIL (per BAAA summary of the final report): takeoff at a weight about 17 percent above the maximum gross operating weight, causing limited climb and loss of lift. Contributing was the operator's lack of supervision over aircraft dispatched from outside its main base.
A Llanera de Aviacion Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, HK 3804, departed Medellin Olaya Herrera on a charter to Juradó with two pilots and nine passengers on 30 September 2016. Shortly after takeoff it lost climb performance and attempted an emergency landing, striking a hill and trees in San Antonio de Prado, Antioquia. Four people were killed, including the copilot and three passengers, several others were injured, and the aircraft was destroyed.