# Accident 20250820017239A: Vu Holdings LLC/DBA Vanilla Un VA 001, Ninilchik, AK, August 20, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2025, 10:28 local time
- Place: Ninilchik, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.0200° N, 151.7100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0200&lon=-151.7100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N246VU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N246VU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vu Holdings LLC/DBA Vanilla UN VA 001 (registry code 061017J, https://openairdocs.org/model/vu-holdings-llc-dba-vanilla-un-va-001) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VU HOLDINGS LLC/DBA VANILLA UN VA 001
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250820017239A

## Narrative

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

UAV ACCIDENT IN NINILCHIK, ALASKA. AFTER A LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHT, THE UAV WAS RETURNING TO ITS DEPARTURE LOCATION. IT WAS WITHIN 35 MILES WHEN IT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE OUT CONDITION. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINE IT RAN OUT OF FUEL DUE TO A MAINTENANCE REPAIR THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED INCORRECTLY.

## 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 ANC25LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA091), Aug 20, 2025: Vu Holdings LLC/DBA Vanilla UN VA 001 (N246VU), Ninilchik, AK, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

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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