Cessna 208B N868FE

Summary

On 7 April 1998 at about 13:38 local time, a Cessna 208B registered N868FE, operated by Corporate Air, Inc., was involved in an accident near Bismarck, North Dakota, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 April 1998 at 13:38

Classification

Accident

Location

Bismarck, North Dakota, United States

Nearest airport

Bismarck Municipal (BIS)

Coordinates

46.8007, -100.7609

Aircraft

Cessna 208B

Registration

N868FE

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Corporate Air, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grand Forks → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

CHI98FA119

1 person died.

the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the approach which resulted in an inadvertant stall. Factors associated with the accident were the icing conditions and the pilot's low level experience in this make and model of airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The airplane was making an instrument landing system approach in instrument meteological icing conditions when control was lost. The airplane impacted the terrain 1.6 miles from the approach end on the runway. The airplane contacted the terrain with the left wing first prior to cartwheeling and coming to rest approximately 120 feet from the point of first impact. The pilot had 19 hours total flight time in Cessna 208's of which 1.9 hours were in actual instrument meteorological conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.