Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Apr 28, 2006 (3 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on April 28, 2006 near Mt Margherita, Western, Uganda with 3 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after...
- Date: April 28, 2006
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Mt Margherita, Western, Uganda
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew left the prescribed route and flew over high mountains at an unsafe altitude in reduced visibility.
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan flying a humanitarian cargo run from Goma to Bunia, with two pilots and one passenger, followed a direct GPS track instead of the filed route. In poor weather it struck the slope of Mt Margherita in the Ruwenzori range at about 12,500 feet. The wreckage was not found for two days and all three occupants died.