Belize City – San Pedro

On March 9, 2005 at 05:20 PM, Belize City – San Pedro experienced a crash involving Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by Tropic Air, with the event recorded near Belize City-Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Belize.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

14 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 14 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: 13, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Shortly after takeoff from Belize City-Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airport, while in initial climb, the single engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in the sea, coming to rest upside down in shallow water. All 14 occupants were rescued while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration V3-HFW, MSN 208B-0791, year of manufacture 1999.