Textron 208B N321BA

Summary

On 6 February 2025 at about 15:20 local time, a Textron 208B registered N321BA, operated by Bering Air Inc, was involved in an accident near Nome, Alaska, United States. 10 people were on board and 10 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 February 2025 at 15:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Nome, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

N/A

Coordinates

64.3517, -164.2808

Aircraft

Textron 208B

Registration

N321BA

Category

Airplane

Year built

2020

Engines

1

Operator

Bering Air Inc

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unalakleet → Nome

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC25MA018

10 people died.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot’s inadequate airspeed management due to workload and degraded situation awareness and his improper inputs leading up to and during the aerodynamic stall, which increased the airplane’s angle of attack. Also causal was operation of the airplane above maximum gross weight, which reduced the airplane’s stall margin. Contributing to the accident were the operator’s inadequate safety management, which allowed the routine operation of flights that exceeded weight limitations, and the Federal Aviation Administration’s inadequate oversight of the operator, which failed to identify and address the routine operation of overweight flights.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On February 6, 2025, about 1520 Alaska standard time, a Textron Aviation 208B airplane, N321BA, operated as Bering Air flight 445, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Nome, Alaska. The pilot and nine passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 as a scheduled charter flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.