Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Dec 11, 2015 (1 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on December 11, 2015 near Pickle Lake, Ontario, Canada with 1 fatality. Cause: TSB: Ice accumulation and the company...
- Date: December 11, 2015
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Pickle Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: TSB: Ice accumulation and the company practice of operating in icing conditions led to the loss of control and collision with terrain; the aircraft was dispatched into forecast icing at a high takeoff weight and the pilot continued the flight in icing, with degraded performance.
A Wasaya Airways Cessna 208B Caravan cargo flight left Pickle Lake on 11 December 2015 with only the pilot on board. After flying into icing conditions that had been forecast, the aircraft descended and turned sharply and then struck trees and terrain about 10 minutes into the flight. The pilot was killed and the aircraft destroyed, and the TSB concluded that ice accumulation and the company practice of operating in icing conditions led to the crash.