HONOLULU (Island News) – The Dec. 17 flight log of the plane in the Kamaka Air crash listed eight flights before it took off from Daniel K. Inouye International Airport at 3:15 that afternoon.

The aircraft was a Cessna 208B, a single-engine fixed-wing aircraft also known as a Caravan or Grand Caravan.

According to Cessna’s website, it is an aircraft designed to carry high payloads and is designed to handle short and rough runways.

Before the aircraft crashed, it was observed performing a left turn maneuver. According to an Oahu pilot, it’s hard to say exactly what went wrong, but it looks like the engine stalled while crossing the Left Bank.

The failure and sudden drop in altitude could have had various causes in the cockpit, but given the direction of the turn, it appears that the aircraft was attempting to return to the DKI runway.

When discussing a left-turn maneuver seen in the footage, the pilot said that a Cessna of this size requires a significant amount of power to maintain a 90-degree turn.

When asked about fail-safe plans in case a plane crashes, he said there was a checklist, but from the looks of it there wasn’t much time and they were too close to the ground. In this case, it’s a tragic end to a decision that must have been in limbo in a split second.