# Accident 20250206001589A: Textron Aviation Inc 208B, Nome, AK, February 6, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2025, 15:31 local time
- Place: Nome, AK
- Airport: Nome
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FXTA
- Location: 64.3517° N, 164.2808° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.3517&lon=-164.2808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N321BA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 208B (registry code 2073712, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140 (registry code 51499, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 208B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-140
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 10
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1,050 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25MA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25MA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250206001589A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CESSNA 208B GRAND CARAVAN EX, CRASHED WHILE EN-ROUTE FROM UNALAKLEET (PAUN/UNK) TO NOME (PAOM/OME), ALASKA.

THE FLIGHT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 33 AT UNK AT 14:39 LT (23:39 UTC). IT TURNED LEFT ON COURSE AND STARTED TRACKING 287° OVER THE WATER OF NORTON SOUND TOWARD OME. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO AN IFR FILED CRUISING ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 8,000 FEET. THE DESCENT TO OME WAS STARTED ABOUT 15:11.

THE LAST ADS-B DATAPOINT CAPTURED BY FLIGHTRADAR24 WAS AT 15:16:34 WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING THROUGH 5300 FEET, AT ABOUT 38 NM FROM OME.

ACCORDING TO THE US COAST GUARD, THE WRECKAGE WAS BEEN FOUND ON SEA ICE IN THE NORTON SOUND APPROXIMATELY 34 MILES (54.7 KM) SE OF NOME, ALASKA. THE PILOT AND 9 PASSENGERS DID NOT SURVIVE.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND WIHT ICE STILL ADHERING TO THE FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES AND OTHER AREAS OF UNPROTECTED AIRCRAFT. THE TAIL BEACON HAD SUBSTATIAL AMOUNT OF ICE AND SHOWS THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN VERY HIGH LEVELS OF ICING.

THE WEIGHT AND BALANCE SHOWED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT LEAST 700LBS OVERWEIGHT AS WELL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC25MA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25MA018), Feb 6, 2025: Textron 208B (N321BA), Nome, AK, destroyed, 10 fatal. Probable cause: The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot’s inadequate airspeed management due to workload and degraded situation awareness and his…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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