Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Sep 11, 2003 (8 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on September 11, 2003 near Nibinamik (Summer Beaver), Ontario, Canada with 8 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft...
- Date: September 11, 2003
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Nibinamik (Summer Beaver), Ontario, Canada
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft departed controlled flight and struck terrain for reasons the TSB could not determine; the report links the accident to impractical flight-following procedures for remote operations.
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan operating a night charter to Summer Beaver, Ontario, was on a downwind leg when it left controlled flight and struck terrain. Searchers found the wreckage in woods about three nautical miles from the airstrip, largely consumed by a post-crash fire. All eight people aboard were killed.