# Accident 20251124016369A: Junior Daniel DANCHINI CUB, Wasilla, AK, November 24, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2025, 14:09 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Wolf Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6391° N, 149.2670° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6391&lon=-149.2670&mi=10
- Aircraft: N794AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N794AK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Junior Daniel DANCHINI CUB (registry code 05641VN, https://openairdocs.org/model/junior-daniel-danchini-cub) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-340 series (registry code 41510, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JUNIOR DANIEL DANCHINI CUB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,533 total, 62 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC26LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251124016369A

## Narrative

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

PILOT GOT IN THE AIRPLANE AND TURNED THE FUEL SELECTOR INADVERTENTLY TO THE "OFF" POSITION THINKING HE TURNED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO "BOTH". UPON TAKE OFF THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE PILOT LANDED SIDEWAYS ON AN OPEN SPACE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA PAST THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC26LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA007), Nov 24, 2025: Danchini Aero Danchini Cub (N794AK), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection, and inadequate inflight fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and subsequent forced landing.

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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