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

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Podcast: [NTSB News Talk – Aviation Accidents, Safety Investigations & Pilot Lessons](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ntsb-news-talk-aviation-accidents-safety-investigations-pilot-lessons-7333682)
Published: 2026-02-24T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://ntsb-news-talk.captivate.fm
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## Resource

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 A36 Bonanza, N347M, in Pennsylvania where a door-open startle after takeoff, combined with an overweight condition, ended in a stall and crash.

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