Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Jul 8, 2019, Bethel
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on July 8, 2019 near Bethel, Alaska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Pilot's failure to maintain adequate...
- Date: July 8, 2019
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Bethel, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an attempted go around, leading to an aerodynamic stall at low altitude.
A Grant Aviation Cessna 208B Caravan on a scheduled flight from Newtok approached a short runway at Bethel at excessive speed and floated, then began a late go around. The airplane stalled at low altitude, crashed beside the runway and burned. All six occupants survived and three were taken to hospital.