Accidents
NTSB Report Shows In-flight Break Up of Cessna Caravan
The Cessna 208B Caravan EX was conducting flight testing for Raisbeck Engineering when it broke apart in-flight and crashed on November 18.
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX in flight
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX like the one pictured here crashed on November 18 killing all four crewmembers. (Photo: Raisbeck Engineering)

The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX conducting flight testing for Raisbeck Engineering that crashed on November 18 near Snohomish, Washington, broke apart in-flight, according to the NTSB’s preliminary report. All four crewmembers on board died in the crash of the turboprop single, which was registered as N2069B.

Raisbeck was conducting flight testing to expand its aerodynamic drag reduction system STC for the Cessna 208B to include the 208B EX. The accident flight was performing baseline testing of the airplane’s aft center of gravity stall characteristics.