# NTSB ANC25LA118: Toci Gabe C G Supa, N803R, Palmer, AK, September 19, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: September 19, 2025, 12:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Coordinates: 61.435, -148.6735
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4350&lon=-148.6735&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 21, 2026
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201873
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA118
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201873/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201873
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA118

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during the go-around.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Toci Gabe C G SUPA, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=056422R), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained; cases with it: [Toci Gabe C G SUPA, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=056422R), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: angle of attack](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceeded; cases with it: [Toci Gabe C G SUPA, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042/cases.md?model=056422R), [All aircraft, 990 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Toci Gabe C G SUPA, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=056422R), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, while practicing stop-and-go landings on a remote gravel bar in a tailwheel-equipped airplane, the airplane encountered a wind shift during the landing flare. The pilot added power and attempted to go-around; however, the airplane got too slow, and the left wing dropped. The airplane subsequently impacted terrain, which caused substantial damage to the right wing and horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N803R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N803R), registered now, S/N 001001, built 2025 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TOCI GABE C G SUPA
- Registry model: [Toci Gabe C G SUPA](https://openairdocs.org/model/toci-gabe-c-g-supa) (registry code 056422R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-series) (registry code 41499, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 001001
- Year built: 2025
- Airframe hours: 44
- Engines: Lycoming O-360C2A-EXP 214 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Unknown, May 1, 2025, 0 hours before
- Departed: 9AK6, Wasilla, AK
- Destination: 9AK6, Wasilla, AK
- Airport: NONE, Gravel Bar
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Angle of attack indicator, Electronic multifunction display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review August 12, 2025; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 93.1 total, 40.8 in this make and model, 41.3 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.20 inHg
- Observed at: PAAQ, 15 nm away
- METAR: PAAQ 192053Z 00000KT 10SM SCT100 11/07 A2920 RMK AO2 SLP891 T01110067 58017 $

## 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 20250919018969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250919018969A), Sep 19, 2025: Toci Gabe C G SUPA, Knik, AK, Substantial damage. On 09/19/2025 experimental aircraft sustained substantial damage when it impacted the surface in the Knik river area on a sandbar. Pilot stated they were…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 22, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201873. 3.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19510454&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA118%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20395439&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA118%20Photos-Rel.pdf

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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