Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Apr 7, 1998 (1 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on April 7, 1998 near Bismarck, North Dakota, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain...
- Date: April 7, 1998
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the approach, resulting in an inadvertent stall. Factors were the icing conditions and the pilot's low level of experience in this make and model.
A FedEx feeder Cessna 208B on an ILS approach to Bismarck in icing conditions lost control and cartwheeled after hitting the ground about 1.6 miles from the runway threshold. The pilot, the only person on board, was killed. He had limited experience on the type and only a little instrument time in actual conditions.