Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Caravan Flight in Washington

Allegations of catastrophic wing failure are brought forth.

Meg Godlewski

Thursday, February 01, 2024 at 01:16 PM ET

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The NTSB collected radar data of the aircraft maneuvering during flight (left) and its last turns. [Courtesy: NTSB]

Key Takeaways:

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the widow of one of four men killed when a modified Cessna 208B EX Caravan's right wing separated during a test flight in November 2022.
The lawsuit names Textron Aviation, Mistequay Group, Ace Aviation, and Raisbeck Engineering as defendants, citing their involvement in the aircraft's design, manufacture, and maintenance.
The accident occurred during a baseline performance test flight for Raisbeck Engineering's aerodynamic drag reduction system, prior to any modifications being installed on the Cessna 208B EX.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is still actively investigating the cause of the crash, where ground witnesses reported seeing the aircraft "fall apart" in midair.

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“Wings should not come off in flight” are the words that begin the argument for a lawsuit filed by Danielle Martin, the widow of Nathan Precup, one of four men killed during the test flight of a modified Cessna 208B EX Caravan over Snohomish, Washington, north of Seattle, in November 2022.

The wrongful death suit was filed by law firms Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore and Wisner Baum on behalf of Precup. King County, Washington, names Textron Aviation Inc., Mistequay Group Ltd. (Aeromotion by Textron Aviation), Ace Aviation Inc., Raisbeck Engineering Inc., and “John Doe one through ten” as defendants. These are the businesses that designed, manufactured, and maintained the Cessna Caravan.