Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Oct 2, 2016 (3 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on October 2, 2016 near Togiak, Alaska, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: NTSB: The flight crew's decision to...
- Date: October 2, 2016
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Togiak, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: NTSB: The flight crew's decision to continue VFR flight into deteriorating visibility and their failure to perform an immediate escape maneuver after entering instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing were the operator's routine use of the terrain inhibit switch, inadequate CRM training, FAA oversight gaps on that training, and CFIT avoidance training not tailored to the operation.
A Hageland Aviation Services Cessna 208B Grand Caravan operating scheduled commuter flight HAG3153 (Ravn Connect) from Quinhagak to Togiak under VFR struck steep mountainous terrain about 10 nautical miles northwest of Togiak Airport on 2 October 2016. The two pilots and one passenger were killed and the airplane was destroyed. The NTSB (report AAR1802) found the crew continued into deteriorating visibility without an escape maneuver, and cited the operator's routine use of the terrain inhibit switch and inadequate crew resource management training as contributing factors.