Freeport – Fort Lauderdale

On July 6, 2001 at 07:00 PM, Freeport – Fort Lauderdale experienced a crash involving Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by Maxfly Aviation, with the event recorded near Fort Lauderdale Florida.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While in cruise flight at 6,500 feet, the airplane's engine jolted and made a whining noise. The propeller stopped and feathered. Attempts to restore engine power were unsuccessful. An emergency was declared, and the airplane was ditched into the Atlantic Ocean 20 miles east of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The airplane was not recovered for post-crash examination.

Aircraft reference details include registration N812MA, MSN 208B-0553, year of manufacture 1996.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 26.1201°, -80.1419°.