NTSB Investigating Cessna 402 Accident Near Provincetown, Massachusetts
One person on board was seriously injured in the June 15, 2026 accident; the cause has not been determined.
By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:04 a.m. ET
A operating for was substantially damaged in an accident near Provincetown, Massachusetts, at about local time on June 15, 2026, according to the National Transportation Safety Board accident record. The NTSB investigation is open and the cause has not been determined.
The accident record lists one person on board and one serious injury, and classifies the flight as a Part 135 commuter or on-demand operation. The record identifies the aircraft as . Aircraft registry records list as a 1985 Cessna 402C, a twin-engine piston landplane with Continental TSIO-520 series engines, serial number 402C1006, 41 years old, registered in the United States. The registry lists the registered owner as ; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator of the flight, the pilot, or otherwise connected to it.
A weather observation recorded at Provincetown Municipal Airport (KPVC), 2.3 miles away and 14 minutes from the reported time of the accident, showed wind from 290 degrees at 12 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, a broken ceiling at 4,200 feet and a temperature of 72°F. The observation is an instrument reading at a nearby field and is not a determination of any cause. Geographic reference data places Provincetown in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at a settlement elevation of 13 feet, 2.3 miles southeast of KPVC.
Hyannis Air Service, Inc. trades as Cape Air and, on the Hyannis–Nantucket route, as Nantucket Airlines, according to published company and FAA filings. The company was founded in 1989, is headquartered at Cape Cod Gateway Airport in Hyannis, Massachusetts, and holds an FAA Part 135 commuter air carrier certificate (AOC No. HYIA145B); a 2022 FAA filing described a fleet of 70 Cessna 402C and 30 Tecnam P2012 aircraft flying more than 60,000 hours a year, and company sources reported revenue of $252.8M with 651 employees in 2024. Company sources list Mike Migliore as President and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Linda Markham, and Matthew Reinhardt as Vice President of Airport Services. The investigation has made no finding connecting any company post-holder to this accident.
As a matter of record, the NTSB database lists five other cases involving the same operator: a Tecnam P2012 Traveller, N651CA, at Boston, Massachusetts on November 25, 2024 (ERA25LA060); a , N18VV, at Boston on September 17, 2024 (ERA24LA386); a , N7037E, at Charlotte Amalie on June 4, 2023 (ERA23LA257); a , N2649Z, at Mashpee, Massachusetts on November 18, 2022 (ERA23LA106); and a Tecnam P2012 Traveller, N833CA, at Chicago, Illinois on June 16, 2022 (DCA22LA131). The database, which begins in 2008, also lists 17 other cases involving the Cessna 402C, of which 2 involved a fatality. None of that history says anything about the cause of this accident.
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Reference data
From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.
Registration
N499CA
Type
Cessna 402C — twin-engine piston landplane
Engines
CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
Built
1985-01-01 (41 years old)
Registered owner
Hyannis Air Service IncThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
13 ft
Nearest aerodrome
2.3 miles SE of Provincetown Municipal Airport (KPVC/PVC)
Sources
No sources recorded.
Revision history
Version 37 Aug 2026, 14:04current
Removed the "developing" framing now that the event is published, and trimmed the geographic reference paragraph to the detail nearest the site.
Version 25 Aug 2026, 20:38
Corrected the bearing between Provincetown and Provincetown Municipal Airport to 2.3 miles southeast per geographic reference data, and clarified that the 13 ft elevation is that of the settlement.
Version 15 Aug 2026, 15:40
First published.
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