# NTSB ANC25LA052: Stinson 108, N2101Q, Cantwell, AK, June 14, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: June 14, 2025, 14:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Cantwell, AK · Gold Zone landing strip 550'
- Coordinates: 63.226317, -149.63272
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.2263&lon=-149.6327&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200324
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA052
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200324/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA052

## Preliminary report

On June 14, 2025, about 1415 Alaska daylight time, a Stinson 108 airplane, N2101Q, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Cantwell, Alaska. The pilot and passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that there were no engine anomalies noted during the preflight inspection, pre-takeoff engine run-up checks or during the nearly two-hour flight from Fairbanks to the remote airstrip where he planned on doing touch-and-go landings. The landing on his second touch-and-go was uneventful, and then he initiated a go-around. The pilot reported feeling a shutter in the airplane as he applied full throttle and the airplane was not able to increase its airspeed for departure. There was not enough runway left to stop the airplane before it exited the end of the runway into brush and subsequently nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, left wing, tail section and rudder. The airplane is being recovered for a post-accident examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Stinson 108, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=9230402), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2101Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2101Q), registered now, S/N 108-1182, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STINSON 108
- Registry model: [Stinson 108](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108) (registry code 9230402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Franklin 6A4150 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (registry code 27024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 108-1182
- Year built: 1946
- Airframe hours: 4035.7
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2025, 25 hours before
- Departed: FAI, Fairbanks, AK
- Destination: FAI, Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: NONE
- Equipment: Satellite tracking device, Handheld GPS, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Stall warning system

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 29.71 inHg
- Observed at: PAIN, 36 nm away
- METAR: PAIN 071656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/01 A2971 RMK AO2 SLP072 T00940011

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250614007309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250614007309A), Jun 14, 2025: Stinson 108, Denali National, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot performed an initial surveying pass from west to east to ensure the airstrip was clear of obstructions. The pilot entered a east downwind approach.…

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.

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