| Date: | Wednesday 31 August 2022 |
| Time: | 17:37 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N208JM |
| MSN: | 208B5100 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PT6A-140 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 1 km S of Abu Dhabi-Bateen Airport (AZI) -
 United Arab Emirates
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sweihan Air Base (OMAW) |
| Abu Dhabi-Bateen Airport (AZI/OMAD) | |
| Investigating agency: | GCAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX, N208JM, crashed in a parking lot near the Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi. The pilot sustained minor injuries.
After about 15 minutes in-flight, and during descent on final to runway 31, the pilot steepened the vertical flightpath to a low-level flight over the garden of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. The aircraft impacted tall palm trees and continued the flight path until ground impact at about one kilometer (0.54 nautical miles) from the runway threshold. The aircraft was totally destroyed by the impact forces and consequent fire. The pilot sustained body burns, but was able to vacate the aircraft.
Causes of the Accident
The Air Accident Investigation Sector determines that the causes of the Accident were:
(a) The Pilot applied command to reduce airspeed and altitude by moving the engine power lever to beta mode. This command is limited to slow down the aircraft after landing and is prohibited in-flight.
(b) The Pilot shut down the engine by inadvertently moving the fuel condition lever from the HIGH IDLE to CUTOFF.
(c) After engine shutdown, the vertical flightpath went steeper than the normal glidepath as would have been indicated by monitoring the PAPI lights.
(d) As an attempt to restart the engine, the Pilot directed his attention to airstart which was unsuccessful. During that attempt, his peripheral external view was insufficient and accordingly his situation awareness downgraded. The steep vertical flightpath went unnoticed until the Aircraft impacted the ground.
Contributing Factors to the Accident
The Air Accident Investigation Sector identifies the following contributing factors to the Accident:
(a) Applying flying techniques that were not in accordance with the standard operating procedures published by the Aircraft manufacturer.
(b) The Pilot currency and recency were not monitored by the FAA since there was no system in place for assigning roles for oversight functions on American registered aircraft that operate overseas.
(c) The arbitrary operations of the aircraft could not be detected by the GCAA Foreign Operators Affairs (FOA) Department which is responsible for issuing no objection certificate for foreign aircraft. FOA was not aware of the Aircraft because the Owner did not apply for the no objection certificate and there was no means in place that could have enabled the FOA to detect unauthorized operations.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
www.gulftoday.ae
www.khaleejtimes.com
Location
Images:
Photo: GCAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2025 16:27 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 16-Apr-2025 16:29 | ASN | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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