Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Nov 20, 2014, Great Slav...
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on November 20, 2014 near Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: TSB: The pilot...
- Date: November 20, 2014
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: TSB: The pilot underestimated the severity and duration of the icing and continued into conditions beyond the aircraft's performance. The aircraft was dispatched overweight with its centre of gravity out of limits because weight and balance calculations were incomplete, and the Type C pilot self dispatch system lacked quality assurance oversight.
On 20 November 2014 an Air Tindi Cessna 208B Grand Caravan operating as Discovery Air flight DA223 from Yellowknife to Fort Simpson encountered icing during the climb and turned back. Unable to maintain altitude on the return, it force landed in darkness on the frozen North Arm of Great Slave Lake about 18 nautical miles west of Yellowknife and struck a rock outcrop. All six occupants survived and were recovered about four hours later. The TSB found the aircraft was dispatched 342 pounds over its maximum weight for known icing with the centre of gravity out of limits, and that the pilot underestimated the severity and duration of the icing.