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TowerDog

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I worked for a company that got the first Caravan, back in 1984 or 85,
It also crashed and killed everybody after take off.
The cause, if memory serves me correct, was a fuel valve in the closed position.
Motor stopped and the pilot stalled out the plane and spun in.
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