Grand Forks - Bismarck

On April 7, 1998 at 08:38 AM, Grand Forks - Bismarck experienced a crash involving Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by Federal Express - FedEx, with the event recorded near Bismarck North Dakota.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane was making an instrument landing system approach in instrument meteorological 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.

Aircraft reference details include registration N868FE, MSN 208B-0193, year of manufacture 1989.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.8083°, -100.7837°.