So, let me try this, kroswynd. You can delete this topic in october if we perceive that noone has answered me,
compare the June 2026 screenshot contest (with so far only ... two participants?). Probably I should say that I am an opponent (or even an enemy)
of deleting forum topics too early. Grown men are bigger than only one insult,
but at jetphotos they're not that fast.
Back on topic.
Cessna Grand Caravan 208B (AeroDiana)
On Saturday August 1st 2026, a Cessna Grand Caravan 208B single engine turbine propeller impacted on ground only a few nautical miles
after t/o, in Peru. 13 souls on board, 11 pax + 2 pilots, no survivors.
At the very beginning I should say something about the aviation safety statistics concerning the type
Cessna 208 single engine turbine propeller:
Between the inauguration flight 1982 and October 2025, on board of Cessna 208 a/c there occurred 216 wreckages (216 total hull losses).
Together with that, 564 humans (people on board Cessna 208) lost their lifes.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_208#Zwischenf%C3%A4lle
[this wiki has been altered since I've watched it the last time.]
Sometimes people think, if they alter only one number this will not be discovered. But I am here to say, you've been caught (!):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_208_Caravan#Specifications_(208_Caravan)
>> "MTOW 8000 lb (3629 kg) << .
Hm. In case of a doubt let's contact the manufacturer. Without a doubt it was no Grand Caravan EX with the bigger engine.
As far as I know, we talk about the Pratt & Whitney PT6A-114A engine with 675 hp shaft.
Cessna Caravan Turboprop | Textron Aviation
The Cessna Caravan has consistently defined versatility and performance. Operators around the world depend on the Caravan and have been rewarded with unparalleled reliability.
Many of those people in a Cessna 208 died because the Cessna 208 is a victim of people who didn't know at all how to handle
a small single engine turbine propeller, MTOW 3629 kg .
If we are old enough and if we know that wikipedia/aerosoft topics are only as clever as the author who starts a topic, then I've found
this one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Aerodiana_Cessna_208_crash
You should participate here if you know more!
from my own records and what I know so far..
reg: OB-2001-P (aircraft registration, depicted on or near the tail fin)
route: SPSO Pisco airport - Nazca (and back), a round trip for 11 tourists and 2 pilots on board that Cessna 208 single engine turbine propeller.
Between Pisco and Nazca there are 218 km on the street, which could've comfortably have been taken in an overland bus,
2hours and 59 minutes with 70 km/h .
A Cessna 208 is very clearly faster, but only if it arrives at the arrival, SPSO Pisco never happened here in this case.
Translated into aviation language:
In a Cessna 208 you'll fly 2 x 118 nautical miles to Nazca (and back), directly calculated from 2 x 218 km on the street,
without the advantage of aviation calculated, we most of the time fly less turns than an overland bus.
236 nautical miles to Nazca and back, in a Cessna 208 with 180 knots you'll need approx. 77 minutes,
if you sit in an a/c that arrives back at SPSO Pisco on schedule, without that it breaks into pieces.
(to be continued)
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Ruhrpilot07 ·
