Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, May 25, 2012, Lézignan-C...
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on May 25, 2012 near Lézignan-Corbières, Aude, France with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined. The turbine engine...
- Date: May 25, 2012
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Lézignan-Corbières, Aude, France
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. The turbine engine stopped on final approach with fuel still in the tanks, and analysis of the engine, fuel control system and fuel pump found no anomaly.
A Grand Caravan carrying a pilot and skydivers lost its engine on final approach to Lezignan-Corbieres after the jumpers had exited. The pilot could not reach the runway and made a forced landing in a vineyard short of it. The pilot was uninjured but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.