# NTSB ANC25LA077: Cessna 210-5, N8457Z, Yakutat, AK, July 24, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: July 23, 2025, 17:00 local (Jul 24, 2025, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Yakutat, AK
- Coordinates: 59.10776, -138.50177 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.1078&lon=-138.5018&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA - FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200628
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA077
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200628/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA077

## Preliminary report

On July 23, 2025, about 1700 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 210-5 (205) airplane, N8457Z, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident on a remote beach about 50 miles southeast of Yakutat, Alaska. The pilot was uninjured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 on demand charter flight. The airplane was being operated by Yakutat Air, transporting a load of fresh fish from a remote beach site to Yakutat. According to the pilot, while departing from the wet, soft, sand-covered beach site, the airplane didn’t seem like it was accelerating as it should have been. He said that after takeoff the airplane traveled for about 100 ft before the right wing stalled, and the main landing gear wheel struck the sand-covered beach. Subsequently, the airplane bounced, and the right main landing gear contacted a piece of driftwood before being pulled sideways, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and empennage (see figure 1). Figure 1. Accident airplane at the accident site (Courtesy of Operator) The pilot reported that the airplane’s weight at the time of the accident was 3,231 lbs., or 69 lbs. under the maximum allowable gross weight of the airplane. He stated that the available takeoff space on the beach was 1,500 ft. and that, during the takeoff roll, the engine seemed like it was running fine. The wreckage has been moved to a secure location and a detailed NTSB examination is pending.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 210-5(205), 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md?model=2073202), [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8457Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8457Z), registered now, S/N 2050457 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5(205)](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (registry code 2073202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 205-0457
- Year built: 1963
- Airframe hours: 3300
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 135
- Operator: Yakutat Air
- Registered owner: George Walker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 22, 2025
- Destination: YAK, Yakutat, AK
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 700 ft broken
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.88 inHg
- Observed at: PAYA, 44 nm away
- METAR: PAYA 240053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN007 OVC013 13/13 A2988 RMK AO2 RAE06 CIG 005V010 SLP117 P0000 T01330128 TSNO

## 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 20250723013439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250723013439A), Jul 23, 2025: Cessna 210-5(205), Yakutat, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot stated as he was departing spot on the beach that he used before hauling fish. Pilot taxied down the beach and turned around and started take off roll.…

## Other investigations on N8457Z (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 SEA67D0321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA67D0321), May 10, 1967: Cessna 205 (N8457Z), Othello, WA, substantial damage

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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