# Accident 20250922015449A: Cessna 208B, Healy, AK, September 22, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2025, 16:00 local time
- Place: Healy, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYTA
- Location: 64.0061° N, 148.2320° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.0061&lon=-148.2320&mi=10
- Aircraft: N976E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N976E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 321 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250922015449A

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING FROM A MINING STRIP WITH THREE PASSENGERS BOUND FOR FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER AND BEGAN THE TAKEOFF ROLL MISALIGNED, APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE, RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED A SERVICE ROAD, AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK A PARKED LOADER, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FLAP AND WING SPAR. THE PILOT THEN MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY, REDUCED TAKEOFF POWER, BACK TAXIED TO THE STARTING POINT, AND SUCCESSFULLY TOOK OFF, WITH THE DAMAGE BEING REPORTED UPON LANDING AT FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

## 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 ANC25LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA110), Sep 23, 2025: Cessna 208B (N976E), Healy, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the departure roll resulting in a collision with a tractor/loader.

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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