Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Oct 16, 2023 (2 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on October 16, 2023 near Placencia, Stann Creek, Belize with 2 fatalities. Cause: Collision with a transformer after...
- Date: October 16, 2023
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Placencia, Stann Creek, Belize
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Collision with a transformer after takeoff on an apparently illegal flight. The investigator said no safety lessons were expected.
A Cessna 208B stolen from Placencia airport was flown by two people on a night takeoff, hit an electrical transformer and crashed in woodland 900 meters past the runway end, burning. Both occupants died. Authorities treated it as an illegal flight.