Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Oct 25, 2012, Yola
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on October 25, 2012 near Yola, Adamawa, Nigeria with no fatalities. Cause: Could not be conclusively determined....
- Date: October 25, 2012
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Yola, Adamawa, Nigeria
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Could not be conclusively determined. Contributing factors identified were a pilot not qualified or type-rated for the aircraft, the decision to fly VFR after sunset, and inadequate regulatory oversight.
A Taraba State Government Cessna 208B flying VFR from Jalingo to Yola reported it had the field in sight at dusk. Contact with the tower was lost shortly afterward, and the aircraft crashed on the Yola-Numan road near an NNPC depot. Local people pulled the occupants from the wreckage, and the aircraft was destroyed.