Two pilots and two flight test engineers were killed in the crash of a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan that was undergoing flight testing when the wings came off in Washington State on Friday. The plane, owned by Copper Mountain Aviation in Alaska, crashed near Everett, Washington, Friday morning after spending about a half-hour doing a variety of maneuvers to establish baseline performance data before it was to be modified. According to the Seattle Times, the aircraft was crewed by personnel from Seattle mod shop Raisbeck Engineering and had not yet been altered.
what… did you not read the entire column?
They were getting baseline performance reports before adding to make them fuel efficient “and had not yet been altered” before the crash.
There were no new batteries involved at all, this was no hybrid.
"Reinbeck Chairman Hal Chrisman told the Times… ‘I think the most important thing is we were flying an aircraft in which we had not installed our modification yet,’. That information is relatively obvious and would have presented itself during the investigation without his statement. But, …“the most important thing…?” Really? What about the four humans who lost their lives and the many lives that will be changed forever.
Hopefully the investigation doesn’t take too long. Most Caravans flying are working airplanes, not just sitting in a hangar waiting for a private owner to go for a ride. RIP to those lost and their families in this accident.
"…the most important thing is we were flying an aircraft in which we had not installed our modification yet,”. I think the most important thing is that four people are dead.