# NTSB ANC25LA080: Cessna 150J, N60509, Soldotna, AK, July 31, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: July 31, 2025, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Soldotna, AK · Departure end of runway 7
- Coordinates: 60.474917, -151.02589
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4749&lon=-151.0259&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200679
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA080
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200679/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA080

## Preliminary report

On July 31, 2025, about 1300 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 150J airplane, N60509, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Soldotna, Alaska. The instructor pilot sustained minor injuries and the pilot receiving instruction was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. During a postaccident interview with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), the instructor pilot reported that, given his injuries, he was unable to remember the exact circumstances surrounding the accident. He recalled he was conducting a local orientation flight to a pilot visiting Alaska and this was the pilot’s first flight in Alaska. He said that at the time of the accident, they were practicing short and soft field landing maneuvers. Given the pilot receiving instruction’s serious injuries sustained in the accident, an NTSB interview is pending. Archived surveillance video data from the Soldotna Airport (SXQ), Soldotna, Alaska, revealed that the airplane departed from runway 7, and it remained at a level attitude as it flew low over the runway as the airplane’s speed continued to increase. As the airplane continued low over the runway, about 50 ft above ground level (agl), and as it approached the end of runway 7, it pitched up aggressively and climbed at a near vertical attitude to about 300 ft agl. As the airplane reached the apex of the vertical climb, it rotated towards the left wing on its yaw axis. The airplane subsequently descended in a near vertical, nose down attitude heading in a westerly direction. The airplane’s nose down descent appears to shallow slightly just before impact with the surface of runway 25. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and empennage. (See figure 1) Figure 1. Accident airplane, N60590, at the Soldotna Airport. A detailed NTSB wreckage examination is pending.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N60509](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60509), registered now, S/N 15070361, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070361
- Year built: 1969
- Airframe hours: 6680
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 27, 2025, 6.5 hours before
- Departed: ENA, Kenai, AK
- Destination: ENA, Kenai, AK
- Airport: sxq, Soldotna Airport, runway 7, 5,001 × 130 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: None

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,400 ft overcast
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.02 inHg
- Observed at: PASX
- METAR: PASX 312110Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM SCT017 OVC034 17/13 A3002 RMK AO2 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 20250731014049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250731014049A), Jul 31, 2025: Cessna 150J, Soldotna, AK, Substantial damage. Cessna 150J, [privacy data omitted] sustained substantial damage at 1300 local on 31 July 2025, at the Soldotna Airport, Soldotna, AK. Excerpt here from…

## Other investigations on N60509 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK75FVM12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75FVM12), Nov 10, 1974: Cessna 150 (N60509), Hf Moon Bay, CA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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