Panama City – Chitré

On August 16, 2004 at 08:35 AM, Panama City – Chitré experienced a crash involving Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by Aeroperlas, with the event recorded near Panama City Panamá.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 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: 5, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Panama City-Marcos A. Gelabert Airport, while climbing, the crew encountered technical problem with the engine and declared an emergency. He realized he could not return to his departure point so he attempted an emergency landing on a road when the aircraft struck a tree and crashed 9 km weat of the airport. All seven occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration HP-1397APP, MSN 208B-0613, year of manufacture 1997.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 8.9714°, -79.5342°.