Laguna de Tres Palos - Acapulco

On October 24, 2014 at 04:00 PM, Laguna de Tres Palos - Acapulco experienced a crash involving Cessna 208A Caravan, operated by FlyWet, with the event recorded near Laguna de Tres Palos Guerrero.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) 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 weather. The crew departed Laguna de Tres Palos on a positioning flight to the Acapulco-General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport. During the takeoff procedure, the seaplane started to oscillate from left to right. At a speed of about 45 knots, the crew abandoned the takeoff procedure when the aircraft nosed down, plunged into water and came to rest, inverted and submerged. Both pilots evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-WET, MSN 208-0294, year of manufacture 1998.