Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Mar 28, 2006 (2 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on March 28, 2006 near Oak Glen, California, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Continued flight into...
- Date: March 28, 2006
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Oak Glen, California, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions and failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a steepening turn, leading to a stall and spin.
A Cessna 208B demonstration aircraft being repositioned from Thermal to Ontario planned a pass through mountains under visual rules despite an icing AIRMET. The aircraft entered cloud and instrument conditions, turned toward rising terrain while climbing, then stalled and went into a steep dive. Both pilots were killed.