Punta Gorda – Placencia

On March 20, 2004 at 11:59 AM, Punta Gorda – Placencia experienced a crash involving Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by Tropic Air, with the event recorded near Punta Gorda Toledo.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Five minutes after takeoff from Punta Gorda, while cruising at an altitude of 1,500 feet, the pilot informed ATC about engine problem. He elected to return to the airport but as he was unable to maintain the altitude, he attempted to ditch the aircraft 3 km offshore. The pilot was rescued while the aircraft sank and was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration V3-HGB, MSN 208B-0871, year of manufacture 2000.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 16.1008°, -88.8069°.