- Date
- July 15, 2013, 11:57 local (11:57 UTC)
- Place
- Mathews Ridge, Guyana
- Injuries
- 12 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- 8R-AMSCessna 208B
- Defining event
- Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 87493
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On July 15, 2013, about 1157 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 208B, Guyana registration 8R-AMS, operated by Air Services Limited, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain during approach at Matthew's Ridge Airport (SYMR), Matthew's Ridge, Guyana. Eleven of the 14 occupants were seriously injured. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Guyana Civil Aviation Authority Fairlie House 96 Duke Street, Kingston Georgetown, Guyana Telephone: (592)-227-1219 Fax: (592)-225-6800 http://www.gcaa-gy.org Email: dasr@gcaa-gy.org This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the government of Guyana.
Aircraft
- Registration
- 8R-AMS
- Reported as
- Cessna 208B
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Air Services Limited
- Departed
- SYCJ · Georgetown
- Destination
- SYMR · Mathews Ridge
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- SYMR · Matthew's Ridge
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 1, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 21 KB in all.