- Date
- November 8, 2025, 13:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5188HPiper PA-14
- Defining event
- Enroute-descent: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20251108018779A
- Case key
- 202048
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Preliminary report
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On November 8, 2025 about 1300 Alaska standard time, a Piper PA-14 airplane, N5188H, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Talkeetna, Alaska. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The airplane departed the Willow Airport (PAUO), Willow, Alaska after having wheel skis installed and was flying to Talkeetna Airport (PATK) Talkeetna Alaska. The pilot stated that he was about 3 miles to the south of PATK and was beginning his descent to land, he reported pulling full carburetor heat and shortly thereafter the engine lost all power. The pilot performed a forced landing to a gravel bar three miles from PATK. During the landing roll, the left main landing gear collapsed, and the left wing struck the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage. The airplane was recovered to a secure facility for further evaluation.
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
- N5188H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-14
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14-506
- Built
- 1949
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Departed
- PAUO · Willow, AK
- Destination
- TKA · Talkeetna, AK
- Airport
- PATK
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
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 120 ft indefinitevv
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.77 inHg
- Observed at
- PATK, 3 nm away
- METAR
- PATK 081257Z AUTO 02003KT 1SM -SN BR VV012 M03/M04 A2977 RMK AO2 P0000 T10331039 TSNO $,M
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5188H · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.