Cessna 208A Caravan crash, Apr 29, 2001 (1 killed), Nagambie
Cessna 208A Caravan accident on April 29, 2001 near Nagambie, Victoria, Australia with 1 fatality. Cause: Premature deployment of a reserve parachute...
- Date: April 29, 2001
- Aircraft: Cessna 208A Caravan
- Location: Nagambie, Victoria, Australia
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Premature deployment of a reserve parachute that tangled in the tail, causing the reserve canopy to overload and separate the empennage.
A Cessna 208 Caravan carrying a skydiving team lost its empennage after a parachutist's reserve canopy tangled around the horizontal stabiliser. The aircraft spiralled down and crashed on the drop zone, and the entangled parachutist died. The pilot escaped by parachute at low altitude and landed safely.