Business Aircraft Accident Reports: May 2025

Preliminary and final accident reports, May 2025

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By David Jack Kenny • Contributor - Safety

May 1, 2025

Preliminary Reports

No Survivors in Alaskan Caravan Crash

Textron Aviation Cessna 208B, Feb. 6, 2025, Nome, Alaska

The pilot and all nine passengers were killed when the scheduled Part 135 flight from Unalakleet (PAUN) to Nome (PAOM) went down on an icepack floating in Norton Sound about 12 miles offshore. Search-and-rescue efforts were delayed by weather, and the wreckage was not located until the following afternoon.

The flight departed PAUN at 14:37 on an IFR clearance with a cruising altitude of 8,000 feet. After establishing radar contact, the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) controller advised the Nome Alaska Flight Service Station (AFSS) of an estimated arrival time of 15:35. At 15:11 the aircraft descended to 6,000 feet at the pilot’s discretion; the pilot reported having current weather and airport information for PAOM. At 15:12, airport operations advised the AFSS that Runway 10/28 would be closed for an estimated 10 to 15 minutes for de-icing; that information was relayed to the pilot via the ARTCC.

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