# NTSB ANC25LA081: Cessna 208B, N645AT, Anchorage, AK, August 1, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: August 1, 2025, 15:54 local (23:54 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK · Open field
- Coordinates: 61.2085, -149.8525
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2085&lon=-149.8525&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 8 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200685
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA081
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200685/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200685
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA081

## Probable cause

The pilot’s decision to continue an unstabilized approach, which resulted in a landing touchdown with insufficient runway remaining and a subsequent runway overrun and a collision with a fence.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Aircraft capability: landing distance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceeded (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030/cases.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 68 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030/cases.md)
- [Aircraft capability: braking capability](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061050): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceeded (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061050/cases.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 57 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061050/cases.md)
- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 18 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)
- [Perception/orientation/illusion: situational awareness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035/cases.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 111 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035/cases.md)
- [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot; cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot; cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 19 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained; cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md)
- [Action: incorrect action selection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot; cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010/cases.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 397 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The operator reported that to comply with the straight-in arrival procedure at the airport, the pilot was required to make a steeper approach to the runway, and he did not decelerate the airplane to a normal landing speed during the approach. As the approach continued, the airplane passed over the runway threshold faster than anticipated, resulting in an inadvertent, midfield touchdown. After touchdown, the pilot determined that there was not enough runway to safely abort the landing, so he continued the landing roll. He applied reverse thrust and hard braking, but the airplane overran the runway, collided with an airport perimeter fence, crossed six lanes of traffic before coming to rest in an open grass field. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing lift strut. The operator reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N645AT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N645AT), registered now, S/N 208B5009, built 2013 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Registry model: [Cessna 208B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (registry code 2073701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-140) (registry code 51499, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 208B5009
- Year built: 2013
- Airframe hours: 9292
- Engines: Pratt & Whittney PT6A-140 867 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: J & M Alaska Air Tours, doing business as Alaska Air Transit
- Registered owner: Hinterland Holdings LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 29, 2025, 9.1 hours before
- Departed: PAKA, Tatitlek, AK
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: MRI, Merrill Field, runway 34, 2,640 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 65; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review April 20, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 11,059 total, 564 in this make and model, 9,664 as pilot in command, 133 in the last 90 days, 64 in the last 30 days, 5.9 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.02 inHg
- Observed at: PAMR
- METAR: PAMR 012353Z 31006KT 10SM SCT024 OVC100 18/13 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP168 60000 T01780133 10189 20150 53004

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250801018109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250801018109A), Aug 1, 2025: Cessna 208B, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot statement: I took off from paka at approximately 3:15PM with 8X sob and 300LBS cargo. I reported my position abeam hope, Alaska with anc app (126.4), and…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 18, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200685. 3.1 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19143831&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA081%206120%201_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photograghs (item 2, PDF, 5 pages, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19144103&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA081%20photos-Rel.pdf

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.

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