Houston - Victoria

On December 21, 2021 at 09:25 AM, Houston - Victoria experienced a crash involving Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by Martinaire, with the event recorded near Fulshear Texas.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 200.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The single engine airplane departed Houston-George Bush-Intercontinental Airport at 0910LT on a cargo service to Victoria. Twelve minutes later, while climbing to an altitude of 4,200 feet, the aircraft collided with a paraglider. Out of control, it entered a dive and crashed three minutes later in a field. The aircraft was totally destroyed and the pilot, sole on board was killed, as well as the paraglider.

Aircraft reference details include registration N1116N, MSN 208B-0417, year of manufacture 1994.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 29.6926°, -95.9002°.