Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Jan 29, 1990 (2 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on January 29, 1990 near Burlington, Vermont, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The pilot did not de ice...
- Date: January 29, 1990
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Burlington, Vermont, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot did not de ice before takeoff and took off above both the maximum structural takeoff weight and the icing reduced weight, causing an inadvertent stall.
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan on a cargo flight from Burlington, Vermont, to Albany, New York, took off in moderate snow on 29 January 1990 and struck trees about a mile beyond the runway end. Both occupants were killed and the aircraft burned.