Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Apr 10, 1997 (5 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on April 10, 1997 near Wainwright, Alaska, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: The pilot's intentional VFR...
- Date: April 10, 1997
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Wainwright, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's intentional VFR flight into instrument conditions and his failure to maintain altitude and terrain clearance, with the weather as a contributing factor.
A Hageland Aviation Cessna 208B on a scheduled passenger flight from Barrow to Wainwright, Alaska, flew under VFR into deteriorating weather. After two GPS approaches in instrument conditions, the pilot turned back and the aircraft hit the frozen Arctic Ocean in a steep dive. All five aboard died.