Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Dec 9, 2019 (1 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on December 9, 2019 near Victoria, Texas, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Pilot's loss of control due to...
- Date: December 9, 2019
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Victoria, Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Pilot's loss of control due to spatial disorientation, with inoperative attitude and horizontal situation indicators on the pilot side and failure to use the operative instruments
A Martinaire Cessna 208B left Victoria at night on a cargo flight to Houston and flew an erratic path with large altitude and airspeed deviations, with the pilot reporting instrument problems. The airplane entered a near vertical dive and crashed in a field, killing the pilot. The NTSB found loss of control from spatial disorientation, with the pilot side attitude indicator and horizontal situation indicator inoperative.