Bering Air Flight 445 Crash: Cessna 208B Caravan Icing and Overweight + Other Accidents

About this episode

Max Trescott and Rob Mark discuss the Bering Air Flight 445 crash and other aviation accidents, focusing on issues like icing, overweight loading, and safety protocols.

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. Support Rob and Max by making a donation at Patreon.com 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…

People in this episode

Host: Max Trescott

Guest: Rob Mark

Topics covered

• aviation accidents
• safety investigations
• pilot lessons
• aircraft icing
• overweight loading
• stall margin
• engine failure

Keywords

• Bering Air Flight 445
• Cessna 208B
• aviation safety
• engine failure
• ballistic parachute
• fuel starvation
• stall and crash

Sponsors

AVEMCO

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Cessna 182P, turbocharged Beech A36 Bonanza, Lancair IV-P

Places: Nome, Alaska, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Savannah, Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania

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