Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Mar 5, 1998 (1 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on March 5, 1998 near Clarksville, Tennessee, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot lost control after...
- Date: March 5, 1998
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Clarksville, Tennessee, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot lost control after undetected airframe ice led to an inadvertent stall. Flight into cloud at below-freezing temperatures and the lack of ice detection equipment were factors.
A FedEx Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster on a cargo flight from Memphis to Bowling Green lost radar contact in a steep descent after its airspeed had been decreasing for several minutes. The NTSB found that the aircraft had entered icing conditions without any ice detection system. The lone pilot was killed in the impact with rough terrain.