Cienfuegos - Caya Coco

On March 14, 2002 at 04:23 PM, Cienfuegos - Caya Coco experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-2, operated by Aerotaxi, with the event recorded near Santa Clara Villa Clara.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

17 people were known to be on board, 17 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 13, passenger fatalities: 13, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While cruising at an altitude of 3,000 feet on a charter flight from Cienfuegos to Cayo Coco, the single engine aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a prairie located near Santa Clara. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 17 occupants were killed, among them 6 Canadians, five British, two German while all four crew members were Cuban. It was reported that the left upper wing detached while the aircraft was encountering strong winds.

Aircraft reference details include registration CU-T1020.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 22.3989°, -79.9626°.