Texas Midair Collision Claims Caravan Cargo Pilot and ‘Paraglider’
Details are still sketchy after a fatal midair collision today (Dec. 21) between a Martinaire Cessna 208B Grand Caravan cargo plane and what is initially being reported as a “paraglider.” According to FlightAware data, the Caravan departed from George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport (KIAH) at 9:11 am local time, headed for Victoria Regional Airport (KVCT)—a planned 39-minute flight to the southwest. Three minutes after reaching 4,800 feet at 9:22, the track shows a steep descent beginning near the Brazos River, over the town of Fulshear, Texas, where the wreckage of the Caravan came to rest. Both pilots were killed.
The FlightAware history on the Caravan shows regular daily round-trip flights between Victoria Regional Airport and KIAH.
Given the elevation in the area (less than 100 feet mean sea level) and the Caravan’s reported altitude, it’s possible that it was actually a powered parachute, or possibly an ultralight with a ballistic parachute, involved in the collision. That victim’s body was found some five kilometers south of the Caravan’s wreckage, according to the early reports from the Texas Department of Public Safety – Southwest Region.
This story will be updated as more information comes out.
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Tuesday 21 December 2021 |
| Time: | 09:25 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Operator: | Martinaire |
| Registration: | N1116N |
| MSN: | 208B0417 |
| First flight: | 1994 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Fulshear, TX ( United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport, TX (IAH/KIAH), United States of America |
| Victoria Regional Airport, TX (VCT/KVCT), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 685 |
Narrative:
Martinaire flight 685, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, crashed near Fulshear, Texas, killing the pilot.
The aircraft departed Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Texas at 09:10 on a flight to Victoria Regional Airport, Texas. It reached an altitude of 4800 feet at 09:22 and remained at that altitude until it entered a sudden sharp descent at 09:25, according to ADS-B data.
The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office reported that the aircraft had collided with a (powered) paraglider. The paraglider was found dead about 5 km south of the location where the Cessna crashed.
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