# Accident 20250920015009A: 217whiskeymike LLC SQ12, Big River, AK, September 20, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2025, 12:00 local time
- Place: Big River, AK
- Airport: Off Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.9542° N, 155.6498° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.9542&lon=-155.6498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N217WM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N217WM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: 217whiskeymike SQ12 (registry code 05640F0, https://openairdocs.org/model/217whiskeymike-sq12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming YIO-390 series (registry code 42418, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-yio-390-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: 217WHISKEYMIKE LLC SQ12
- Reported engine: LYCOMING YIO-390 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250920015009A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS INVOLVED IN A HUNTING TRIP FOR A MOOSE. PILOT LANDED IN A CLEARING, OFF AIRPORT, TO PICK UP THE MOOSE AND DECIDED DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT TO POSITION THE AIRCRAFT UP A HILL IN THE CLEARING TO FACILITATE A LATER TAKE OFF, THEY REQUIRED FULL POWER TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT MOVING. THEY INADVERTENTLY PUT A MAIN GEAR IN A HOLE, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER AND INVERT DURING WHICH TIME THEY BENT THE LEFT WING'S FORWARD STRUT. ALL TIMES AND DATES RELATING TO CONDITION INSPECTION, AIRCRAFT TIMES AND PILOT TIMES ARE AS PROVIDED BY THE PILOT, PILOT STATED THEY WOULD PROVIDE LOG ENTRIES TO SUBSTANTIATE DATA AND HAS FAILED TO DO SO. IF THE PILOT SENDS THE DATA IN AND IT IS IN ERROR OF ANYTHING REPORTED AN AMENDMENT WILL BE FILED.

## 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 ANC25LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA111), Sep 20, 2025: 217whiskeymike SQ12 (N217WM), McGrath, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a hole in the tundra, which resulted in impact with terrain.

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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