Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Apr 11, 2018, Atqasuk
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on April 11, 2018 near Atqasuk, Alaska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB: VFR flight continued into an...
- Date: April 11, 2018
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Atqasuk, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB: VFR flight continued into an area where weather conditions deteriorated; descent could not be stopped after the autopilot was disengaged.
A Ravn Alaska Cessna 208B on a mail flight to Atqasuk continued visual flight into reduced visibility and instrument conditions. After the autopilot disconnected the aircraft kept descending and struck terrain, causing substantial damage, and the pilot survived. The NTSB cited the decision to continue into the conditions and the failure to arrest the descent after the autopilot disconnected.