Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Jan 2, 2016, Anaktuvuk Pass
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on January 2, 2016 near Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB: The pilot's continued...
- Date: January 2, 2016
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: NTSB: The pilot's continued flight into deteriorating, flat light weather conditions, which resulted in impact with mountainous, snow covered terrain.
On 2 January 2016 a Wright Air Service Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (N540ME) flew a scheduled passenger flight from Fairbanks to Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, with a pilot and seven passengers. The pilot continued under VFR into flat light and light snow, and about 6 miles southwest of the airport the aircraft, climbing to 3,000 ft, struck snow covered terrain he could not judge. The NTSB (ANC16LA012) attributed the accident to the pilot's continued flight into deteriorating flat light.