Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Jan 18, 1995, Lubbock
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on January 18, 1995 near Lubbock, Texas, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot's failure to remove ice...
- Date: January 18, 1995
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Lubbock, Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot's failure to remove ice from the airframe before takeoff, with contributing factors of the overnight freezing rain and an incomplete preflight inspection.
A Martinaire Cessna 208B on a cargo flight from Lubbock to Midland took off with ice on the wing that had not been removed after freezing rain and snow overnight. Shortly after takeoff the pilot lost power and surged, and she looked for a place to land. The aircraft was substantially damaged and there were no fatalities.