# Incident 20260114000259I: Cessna 207A, Aniak, AK, January 14, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2026, 19:00 local time
- Place: Aniak, AK
- Airport: Aniak
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: T72A
- Location: 61.5814° N, 159.5453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANIAK (ANI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5814&lon=-159.5453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747SQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N747SQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-F (registry code 17237, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,065 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260114000259I

## Narrative

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

PILOT NARRATIVE:

PILOT CHECKED TEMPERATURE USING IPHONE APPLICATION, SHOWING -29F.  AIRCRAFT WAS PLUGGED INTO ENGINE HEATER FOR PREVIOUS 24HR, BUDDY-HEATER WAS USED IN COWLING PRIOR TO ENGINE START WITH ASSISTANCE OF MECHANICS ON-SITE.  ENGINE STARTED ON FIRST ATTEMPT AND ENGINE WAS RUNUP WITH NO ABNORMALITIES.  EXTRA TIME WAS SPENT ON THE GROUND TO ENSURE OIL TEMPERATURE REACHED OPERATING TEMP.

PILOT TAXIED TO USE FULL LENGTH OF RUNWAY 29.

ON DEPARTURE AT APPROXIMATELY 400' AGL, THE PILOT NOTICED DECREASING MANIFOLD PRESSURE, APPROXIAMTELY 24" AND 2500RPM.  PILOT REPORTED THEY WERE ABLE TO "PITCH, SWITCH AND SWITCH"-PERFORMING THE EMERGENCY ENGINE FAILURE CHECKLIST ITEMS.  PILOT REPORTED THAT AIRSPEED DECREASED FURTHER, TO AROUND 80KTS AND THAT THEY STARTED A TURN FOR A LANDING SPOT AT THIS TIME.  THEY STATED THAT SOME SMOKE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA AS THE TURN WAS INITIATED, BUT THEY DID NOT REMEMBER THE SMELL OR SMOKE COLOR.  THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PICK OUT A FROZEN SLOUGH TO LAND ON.  THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE FROZEN SLOUGH WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

INVESTIGATION INTO SURROUNDING TEMPERATURE READINGS FROM WEATHER STATIONS SHOWS TEMPERATURES WERE CLOSE TO, BUT NOT BEYOND THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER CUT-OFF OF -30F.  ANIAK WAS NOT REPORTING TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME.  IT IS NOT SUSPECTED THAT TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW CERTIFICATE HOLDER CUT-OFF.

## Other reports on N747SQ (2)

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

- [Incident 20071018826599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071018826599I), Oct 18, 2007: Cessna 207A (N747SQ), Crooked Creek, AK, No damage. (-23) On October 18th, 2007, the pilot was involved in an incident where a young girl was injured by a prop strike. According to the pilot he doesn't know how…
- [Incident 19901004058479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901004058479I), Oct 4, 1990: Cessna 207 (N747SQ), Nome, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft struck earth or object on surface. Nose gear sheared. Landed at Nome.

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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