Overweight Aircraft, Severe Icing Caused Fatal Bering Air Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has cited an overloaded aircraft, poor airspeed management, and severe icing conditions as causal factors in the February 2025 crash of Bering Air Flight 445 near Nome, Alaska, which killed all 10 people on board.

In releasing its final report on the accident Thursday, the NTSB said the Cessna 208B Caravan was on the final leg of a scheduled commuter flight to Nome when it crashed onto pack ice about 12 miles offshore of Norton Sound, killing the pilot and all nine passengers.