Overview
- The twin‑engine Cessna 441 chartered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crashed while attempting a second landing at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport on Aug. 20, and all eight people aboard died.
- The Eleventh Air Force and the Army Corps have publicly identified three victims: 2nd Lt. Leah R. Borsich, project programmer with the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron, and Army Corps employees Sabrina Hansen and Hayden Scalis.
- The NTSB has opened a formal investigation and is focusing on fog and low visibility, the missed approach and second instrument approach, pilot records and aircraft maintenance logs as it documents wreckage on site.
- The flight was operated by Anchorage‑based Security Aviation under a Corps charter; company officials said they are cooperating with the probe and Alaska Air National Guard rescue crews confirmed there were no survivors.
- Cape Newenham is one of many remote, contractor‑supported long‑range radar sites that depend on charters and face sudden Arctic weather changes, and authorities say Alaska State Troopers will release the remaining civilian names after next‑of‑kin notifications.