Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Sep 16, 2019, Manaus-Edu...
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on September 16, 2019 near Manaus-Eduardo Gomes, Amazonas, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: Undetermined control...
- Date: September 16, 2019
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Manaus-Eduardo Gomes, Amazonas, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Undetermined control skills in adverse weather, an attitude of minimizing weather analysis against company minimums, and possible inadequate training of the second pilot.
A twoFlex Cessna 208B Grand Caravan on a scheduled flight to Maues took off from Manaus runway 29 in heavy rain after thunderstorms forced a runway change while taxiing. Shortly after liftoff it lost height, hit trees and crashed about 600 metres past the runway end. All 10 occupants survived with injuries, six of them serious, and the aircraft was destroyed. The investigation pointed to inappropriate control use in adverse weather, underestimation of weather limits and possible training shortcomings.