Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Jun 26, 2003 (4 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on June 26, 2003 near Rooisand, Khomas Region, Namibia with 4 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain. The...
- Date: June 26, 2003
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Rooisand, Khomas Region, Namibia
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain. The contributing factors were the decision to take off from an airstrip unsuitable for night operations, the lack of a copilot, lack of visual references at night, and the pilot's forgotten glasses.
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan chartered for a medical evacuation took off at night from an unlit desert airstrip at Rooisand, Namibia. Shortly after takeoff it turned toward a hill about 258 m higher than the runway, and then descended into the slope of another hill. All four occupants were killed.