Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Nov 23, 2011 (1 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on November 23, 2011 near Bilogai-Sugapa, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia with 1 fatality. Cause: The aircraft...
- Date: November 23, 2011
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Bilogai-Sugapa, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft stalled at a high angle of attack during the go-around while trying to avoid terrain. The airstrip had no perimeter fencing and a valley too narrow for a safe go-around.
A Susi Air Cessna 208B cargo flight from Nabire to Bilogai-Sugapa had a person enter the runway during its landing approach and made a go-around. While trying to avoid terrain, the aircraft climbed steeply, stalled and crashed on a farm beside the airstrip. The co-pilot died, the captain was seriously injured, and the aircraft was destroyed.