Cessna 208B accident near Kwethluk, AK
On April 8, 2014, a Cessna 208B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Kwethluk, AK. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 8, 2014
- Place
- Kwethluk, AK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 60.525°N, 161.087°W
- NTSB ID
- 20140409X15543
Official records · ANC14FA022
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On April 8, 2014, about 1557 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 208B Caravan airplane, N126AR, was destroyed after impacting terrain about 22 miles southeast of Kwethluk, Alaska. The airplane was being operated by Hageland Aviation Services, Inc., dba Ravn Connect, Anchorage, Alaska, as a visual flight rules training flight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The two crewmembers on board were fatally injured. Day, visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and company flight-following procedures were in effect. The local training flight departed from Bethel Airport, Bethel, Alaska at 1535. The flight was intended to be the first training flight of the newly hired second-in-command (SIC) pilot. The SIC was operating from the airplane's right seat during the training. About 1745, personnel from Hageland Aviation in Bethel notified the Hageland Operational Control Center (OCC) in Palmer, Alaska, that the airplane was overdue. At 1754, the OCC called the Kenai Flight Service Station to initiate search and rescue operations. A company airplane was dispatched from Bethel to assist in the search, and, at 1839, the pilot of that airplane visually confirmed that the accident airplane had crashed. The Alaska State Troopers in Bethel, assisted by the Alaska Army National Guard, arrived at the accident scene at 2105 and confirmed that both pilots had died. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge, an inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Anchorage Flight Standards District Office
Probable cause
The check airman's delayed remedial action and initiation of a recovery procedure after a simulated pitch trim excursion, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
