ANC26FA105

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna A185F · Stony River, AK · September 15, 2026

Accident · FatalClass 3 · FieldInvestigation open
Date
September 15, 2026, 12:10 local (20:10 UTC)
Place
Stony River, AK
Injuries
2 fatal
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N4358QCessna A185F
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 3
NTSB office
Alaska Regional Office
Case key
203828

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N4358Q
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Flight
Business · Part 135
Operator
Nick's Air Service

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
210° at 11 knots, gusting 16
Observed at
29 nm away