Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Mar 17, 2020 (1 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on March 17, 2020 near La Crosse, Kansas, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Inflight loss of control due to...
- Date: March 17, 2020
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: La Crosse, Kansas, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Inflight loss of control due to pilot impairment, the cause of which could not be determined
A Cessna 208B on a cargo flight from Wichita to Hays was flying in instrument conditions and made two missed approaches. The pilot's radio calls then became garbled, air traffic control told him to use oxygen, and the aircraft descended off course and hit terrain near La Crosse, Kansas. The pilot was killed, and the NTSB found loss of control due to pilot impairment of undetermined cause, with no mechanical problem found.