Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Feb 8, 2007, Alliance
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on February 8, 2007 near Alliance, Nebraska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot descended below the...
- Date: February 8, 2007
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Alliance, Nebraska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot descended below the minimum descent altitude on a non-precision approach. A low ceiling was a contributing factor.
A Caravan on a night cargo flight to Alliance was flown on the NDB approach track instead of the cleared VOR approach. The pilot descended below the minimum altitude in low cloud and hit a pole and a building short of the runway. Nobody was injured.