On November 8, 1997 Hageland Aviation Services Flight 500 was performed by a
Cessna Caravan 675B that crashed. This crash was determined to be caused primarily by pilot error. The accident killed all 8 passengers and crew on board. On December 9, 2002, during a Raytheon Pre-purchase Flight, a
Beechcraft 1900C crashed after running into a mountain in western Arkansas. The accident killed all 3 pilots on board, including Ron Tweto, President of Hageland Aviation Services. January 6, 2011, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan passenger plane, registered N715HE, sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Kipnuk Airport, AK (KPN), U.S. None of the four passengers or two crew members were injured. The airplane operated on Hageland flight 161 from Bethel Airport, AK (BET) to Kipnuk Airport, AK (KPN). On November 29, 2013, four people were killed when Flight 1453 crashed near the village of St. Mary's. Killed were the pilot, Terry Hanson, 68, and three passengers, all residents of Mountain Village: Rose Polty, 57, Richard Polty, 65, and Wyatt Coffee, five months old. Six more passengers were injured. The flight originated from Bethel. On October 2, 2016, three people were killed when a Hageland Aviation Services Cessna 208 Caravan operating as Ravn Connect Flight 3153 from Quinhagak, AK impacted mountainous terrain 12 statute miles northwest of its intended destination of Togiak, AK. The flight consisted of two crew members and one passenger. The aircraft's initial impact point was located 200 feet below the summit of a 2500 foot mountain. On April 11, 2018, a Cessna 208B impacted snow-covered terrain about two miles north of the Atqasuk Airport, Alaska. The pilot, the only occupant onboard, sustained minor injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. ==References==