# Accident 20250428014169A: Cessna T207, Nanwalek, AK, April 28, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2025, 14:05 local time
- Place: Nanwalek, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: X53A
- Location: 59.3556° N, 151.9230° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.3556&lon=-151.9230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91025, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91025) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207 (registry code 2073612, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,904 total, 784 in this make and model, 133 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25FA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250428014169A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO RWY 19. WITNESSES REPORT THERE WAS A DOG ON THE RUNWAY. OTHER COMPANY AIRCRAFT FLYING BEHIND ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT SAYS HE HEARD ACCIDENT PILOT STATE ON RADIO THAT HE WAS GOING AROUND FOR SOMETHING ON THE RUNWAY. WITNESSES ON GROUND AND SURVIVOR WHO WAS SEATED BEHIND PILOT ALL REPORT THAT THE AIRCRAFT PULLED UP AND TO THE LEFT IN A STEEP TIGHT LEFT TURN. AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE STALLED AND SPUN, RESULTING IN CRASH ON BEACH JUST OFF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. FIRST RESPONDERS REMOVED AIRCRAFT OCCUPANTS THEN DRUG AIRCRAFT UP ABOVE THE HIGH TIDE LINE, COMPROMISING THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE AND DISTURBING THE SCENE, MAKING DETERMINATION OF CAUSE OF ACCIDENT DIFFICULT. WRECKAGE RECOVERED VIA LANDING CRAFT TO HOMER, THEN PUT ON TRUCK TO HANGAR IN WASILLA, AWAITING ENGINE/AIRFRAME TEAR DOWN/ANALYSIS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC25FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25FA035), Apr 28, 2025: Cessna T207 (N91025), Nanwalek, AK, substantial damage, 2 fatal, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N91025 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20160823015179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160823015179A), Aug 23, 2016: Cessna T207 (N91025), Nanwalek, AK, Substantial damage. Nanwalek, AK (keb): N91025, Cessna T207, landed on runway 1 and ran off the end of the runway. Pilot decision to first touchdown 500 feet down the runway…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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