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Comment: No coverage beyond reporting from the time of the crash and the release of the reports. The 2021 source is an Anniversary Memorial post. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 11:39, 24 January 2026 (UTC)
_Cessna_208_Caravan_taxiing_at_Sunshine_Coast_Airport_(1).jpg) A Cessna 208, similar to the aircraft involved | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 10 October 2001 |
| Summary | Loss of control during climb due to icing |
| Site | Near Dillingham Airport, Alaska, United States 59°03′15″N 158°28′41″W / 59.05417°N 158.47806°W |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Operator | PenAir |
| IATA flight No. | KS350 |
| ICAO flight No. | PEN350 |
| Call sign | PENINSULA 350 |
| Registration | N9530F |
| Flight origin | Dillingham Airport, Alaska, United States |
| Destination | King Salmon Airport, Alaska, United States |
| Occupants | 10 |
| Passengers | 9 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 10 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 10 October, 2001, PenAir Flight 350, a Cessna 208 Caravan I operating a regional passenger flight in Alaska from Dillingham Airport to King Salmon Airport, crashed shortly after take off, killing all 10 people on board. The investigation on the accident revealed that the pilot lost control of the aircraft during the initial climb due to icing.[1] The accident was the deadliest in Alaska since the crash of Ryan Air Services in 1987.[2]
Background
[edit]Aircraft
[edit]The aircraft involved in the accident was Cessna 208 Caravan I, registered as N9530F and manufactured in 1986.[3]
Passengers and crew
[edit]The flight was being operated by a single pilot, he was 41 years old, and he was hired by PenAir nearly a year before the accident. The pilot had a total of 896 flight hours, of which 74 were on the Cessna Caravan.[3] On board the aircraft there were also nine passengers, most of them were from the King Salmon area. Four of the passengers were members of the social service arm of the Bristol Bay Native Corporation.[4]
Accident
[edit]On the night before the accident the first snow of the season fell in the Dillingham area, with accumulations of up to 1.3 centimeters registered at the town's airport, ice was also reported. Due to these conditions aircraft departing the next morning had to be deiced. Before 9 am local time the aircraft operating Flight 350 was refueled, boarded and then deiced with a hot mixture of glycol and water, the pilot is reported to not have checked if the process had removed all of the ice and frost present. After completing all the pre-flight procedures, at around 9:20 am, the aircraft started its take off. The plane took off normally and turned to follow the departing traffic path of the airport, the aircraft continued to climb until it reached its maximum altitude of 200, when it suddenly pitched up, banked 90 degrees left and begun to lose altitude. Ground witnesses described the plane to be falling vertically, until it crashed in a marshy area north of the town of Dillingham, and about 3 kilometers from the airport. Initially one of the 10 people on board, a female passenger, survived the crash, she was transported to Kanakanak Hospital, in Dillingham, and then to Anchorage. She succumbed to her injuries the following day, leaving at the end no survivors to the crash.[4][5][6]
Investigation
[edit]The National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation on the accident, and published its final report about it in early 2003. The report stated that the pilot lost control of the aircraft during the initial climb due to ice contamination of the upper part of the plane wings. It was also stated that the pilot violated safety procedures by not checking, after deicing procedures, if the aircraft was totally clear, as it was mandatory for PenAir pilots to do for Cessna 208 Caravans operating in these conditions.[7][3][2]
Aftermath
[edit]The relatives of two of the crash victims filed a lawsuit against PenAir, Cessna, the accused the company for a potential design falw of the Cessna 208 Caravan, that made flying in icing conditions particularly dangerous, and against the estate of the pilot of Flight 305. PenAir stated, through their spokeperson, regarding the lawsuit that they believed that the actions taken by their crew member were appropriate to the situation and reasonable.[2] On 10 October, 2021, the Bristol Bay Native Association held a memorial ceremony at their bulding in Dillingham, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the crash and the four of their members that died in it.[8]
See also
[edit]- Bering Air Flight 445, another Cessna 208 that also crashed in Alaska due to icing
- Georgian Express Flight 126, another Cessna 208 that crashed in Canada under similar circumstances
References
[edit]- ^ "Accident Cessna 208 Caravan I N9530F Wednesday 10 October 2001". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ a b c MAUREEN CLARK (26 January 2003). "Final Report: Wing ice cited in Caravan crash". The Edwardsville Intelligencer. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ a b c "National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report DCA02MA003" (PDF). NTSB. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ a b "Plane crash in Alaska kills 9, injures 1". Everett Herald. 10 October 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ "Small Plane Crashes, Killing 9 and Injuring 1". Los Angeles Times. 11 October 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ "Alaska plane crash kills 9". Morning Journal. 11 October 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ David A. Lombardo (28 January 2008). "Final Report: Wing ice cited in Caravan crash". AIN Online. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ Kyle Hardin (6 October 2021). "In Remembrance – 20 Year Anniversary Memorial Sunday October 10, 2021". AIN Online. Retrieved 13 January 2026.