Accident · 2001-05-05

NTSB case DEN01FA094 · Cessna 208B · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 2001-05-05
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Cessna 208B (N948FE)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Corporate Air Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Corporate Air, Inc.

Probable cause

an inadvertent stall during an instrument approach, which resulted in a loss of control. Contributing factors were the pilot's attention being diverted by an abnormal indication, conditions conducive to airframe icing, and the pilot's lack of total experience in the type of operation (icing conditions) in aircraft make/model.

Source: NTSB case DEN01FA094

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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