Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Mar 16, 2016 (3 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on March 16, 2016 near Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq with 3 fatalities. Cause: BAAA database: shot down by 57 mm...
- Date: March 16, 2016
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: BAAA database: shot down by 57 mm antiaircraft gunfire while flying at low height. This is a database entry, not an investigation finding.
On 16 March 2016 an Iraqi Air Force Cessna AC208B Combat Caravan (YI 119) with three crew flew a low level exercise from Balad Air Base. The aircraft was hit by antiaircraft fire and crashed near Hawijah, about 160 km north of Balad, where it burned, and all three crew were killed. The Iraqi military initially blamed a technical problem, while Islamic State claimed the shootdown.