The crash of a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft while on a shuttle from Olive Creek to Imbaimadai on January 18, 2014, which caused the deaths of Canadian pilot Captain Blake Slater and Guyanese cargo handler Dwayne Jacobs has officially been deemed the likely result of engine failure.
Investigations conducted by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) with support from the Transport Safety Board (TSB) of Canada and the National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) of USA and the aircraft engine manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney Corp (P&WC), Canada concluded that “the probable cause of the accident was due to a power loss suffered by the engine.”
“The power loss was associated with the fracture of one of the 1st stage compressor stator vanes by