Nature-Air 9916 C208 crash • Costa Rica 2017

[Garfly]

Lessons here on decision-making, performance-calcs and, absent all that, canyon-turning.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_Air_Flight_9916

 

Probable Cause and Findings [NTSB]

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The flight crew's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering to exit an area of rising terrain, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's decision to continue the takeoff toward rising terrain that likely exceeded the airplane's climb capability, the lack of adequate weather reporting available for wind determination, and the lack of documented training for an airport requiring a non-standard departure.

 

Report_CEN18FA063_96543_3_27_2021 10_24_43 PM.pdf

 

 

Edited March 28, 2021 by Garfly

[Garfly]

Another Flight Channel recreation of another tight turn gone wrong.