Incident Overview
Date: Friday 8 February 1991
Aircraft Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator: Provincial Express
Registration Number: C-FPEZ
Location: 137 km N of Goose Bay, NL –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Component Affected: AirplaneAirplane
Category: Accident
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan cargo plane crashed in an open bog near Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, resulting in the pilot’s death. The aircraft descended from a planned en route altitude of 7500 feet to 3500 feet, despite radio communication of an emergency. The impact caused significant damage beyond repair.A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan cargo plane crashed in an open bog near Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, resulting in the pilot’s death. The aircraft descended from a planned en route altitude of 7500 feet to 3500 feet, despite radio communication of an emergency. The impact caused significant damage beyond repair.
Description
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan cargo plane was damaged beyond repair in an accident. The pilot was killed. The VFR flight departed Nain (YDP) and was bound for Goose Bay (YYR), also in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The pilot had descended from the planned en route altitude of 7500 feet to 3500 feet for unknown reasons. The airplane impacted terrain in an open bog in a 55 degree nose and right wing low attitude 85 miles(*137 km) north of Goose Bay. The pilot had radioed an emergency prior to the accident. PROBABLE CAUSE: “An uncontrolled flight spin for undetermined reasons.”
Primary Cause
Uncontrolled flight spin for undetermined reasons.Uncontrolled flight spin for undetermined reasons.Share on:
