Caravan down in China - Curt Lewis

Cessna 208B Strikes Bridge (China)

Status:	Preliminary
Date:	Wednesday 20 July 2016
Time:	ca 12:15
Type:	Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX
Operator:	Joy General Aviation
Registration:	B-10FW
C/n / msn:	208B-5222
First flight:	2015
Engines:	1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140
Crew:	Fatalities: / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: / Occupants: 8
Total:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 10
Airplane damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	off Jinshan City Beach (   China)
Phase:	Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:	Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Jinshan City Beach, China
Destination airport:	?

Narrative:
A float-equipped Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX impacted a bridge near Shanghai, China, destroying the forward fuselage.

The aircraft hit the No. 7835 Bridge along the Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway some 10 minutes after it took off from the Jinshan City Beach. Chinese media report the flight was a trial flight for an intended shuttle service between Zhoushan Island and Jinshan.