Accident Cessna 208B Grand Caravan N976E, Monday 22 September 2025
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Date:Monday 22 September 2025
Time:16:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic C208 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator:Wright Air Service
Registration: N976E
MSN: 208B0976
Year of manufacture:2002
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:near Healy, AK -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Healy, AK
Destination airport:Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
A Cessna Grand Caravan, N976E, departed from a mining strip and the left wing made contact with a front end loader.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: 
Status: Preliminary report
Duration:
Download report: Preliminary report

Sources:

NTSB
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N976E/history/20250923/0045Z

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Sep-2025 14:16 ASN Added
24-Sep-2025 14:16 ASN Updated
07-Oct-2025 10:41 Captain Adam Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Category, Accident report, ]

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