Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Mar 6, 2024 (2 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on March 6, 2024 near Belo Horizonte-Pampulha-Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Minas Gerais, Brazil with 2 fatalities....
- Date: March 6, 2024
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Belo Horizonte-Pampulha-Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Preliminary CENIPA information points to an engine failure, no final report found.
A Federal Police Cessna 208B climbed steeply after takeoff from Belo Horizonte Pampulha, entered a right turn, lost altitude and crashed in a grassy area south of the airport, burning. The two police pilots died and a mechanic passenger was injured. Preliminary information from CENIPA pointed to an engine failure.