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NTSB News Talk Aviation Accidents, Safety Investigations & Pilot LessonsNTSB reports, aircraft accident analysis, aviation crash investigations, pilot safety lessons, and general aviation insights Author: Max Trescott Aviation News Talk Network
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Bering Air Flight 445 Crash: Cessna 208B Caravan Icing and Overweight + Other Accidents
Episode 24
Tuesday, 24 February, 2026
Max Trescott talks with co-host Rob Mark about new docket details on Bering Air Flight 445—a Part 135 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, N321BA—that crashed near Nome, Alaska after a troubling sequence of weight, icing, and airspeed issues. They discuss how overweight loading, Alaska-specific operating allowances, and confusing “minimum speed in ice” guidance can combine to erase stall margin fast. The Preliminary Report is here. Brought to you by AVEMCO aircraft insurance. They also touch on the Epic E1000 crash of N98FK near Steamboat Springs, Colorado, a night RNAV (GPS) approach where LNAV+V advisory glidepath guidance may have lured the airplane below MDA into terrain—a reminder that LNAV+V can look like LPV but provides no obstacle protection below MDA.Plus: an experimental Lancair IV-P, N163BR, suffers an apparent engine failure near Savannah, Georgia, and the occupants survive thanks to a ballistic-parachute deployment. Two final reports round out the episode: a Cessna 182P, N14YY, in Mississippi where a non-venting fuel cap contributed to fuel-starvation symptoms and a loss of control on landing, and a turbocharged Beech A36 Bonanza, N347M, in Pennsylvania where a door-open startle after takeoff, combined with an overweight condition, ended in a stall and crash.
