Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Jan 8, 2024, Lizard Island
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on January 8, 2024 near Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia with no fatalities. Cause: Fuel control unit...
- Date: January 8, 2024
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fuel control unit malfunction caused uncommanded engine acceleration, power could not be reduced and the engine could not be shut down. Contributing: no flight manual procedure for this event (ATSB).
An East Air Cessna 208B returning to Lizard Island after an uncommanded engine acceleration ran off the end of runway 12 at about 92 knots and flipped, ending inverted. All ten aboard escaped with minor injuries. The ATSB blamed a fuel control unit malfunction and the lack of a flight manual procedure for the event.