Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Jun 7, 2008 (1 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on June 7, 2008 near La Junta, Región Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chile with 1 fatality. Cause: The...
- Date: June 7, 2008
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: La Junta, Región Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chile
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot continued under VFR into IMC, lost visual references and struck terrain. Inadequate planning for en-route and destination weather was a contributing factor.
A Patagonia Airlines Grand Caravan carrying nine passengers and a pilot on the Puerto Montt to La Junta flight flew into a wooded mountain while continuing under visual flight rules in instrument conditions. The pilot was killed and all nine passengers survived. The wreckage was found four days later.