Eight dead at Cape Newenham after a charter misses the strip

NTSB: second approach. Cause unstated.

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A civilian-contracted Cessna 441 crashed Thursday at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, about 450 miles west of Anchorage, killing all eight aboard. The FAA said the flight left Anchorage about 12:15 p.m. There were no survivors.

JBER said Friday two of the dead were U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees. Names were not released. NTSB Alaska chief Clint Johnson said two pilots and six passengers. Sen. Lisa Murkowski named the operator as Security Aviation. Johnson said it was a second approach. Cause unstated.

Sources: FAA, NTSB, JBER, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, NBC News Aug. 21.

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