- Date
- April 16, 2026, 10:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Juneau, AK · sank into the ocean
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93021Cessna U206F
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260416004049A
- Case key
- 202853
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because the airplane was not recovered from the ocean.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported, while enroute at an altitude of 1,300 ft mean seal level over the water, the engine lost all power. Unable to restart the engine, the pilot ditched the airplane about 2 miles from shore. The airplane remained upright for about 2 minutes before the it sank into the ocean. The airplane was not recovered from the ocean; therefore, the reason for the loss of engine power could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93021
- Reported as
- Cessna U206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20603149
- Built
- 1976
- Airframe hours
- 9,890.3
- Engine
- Continental IO-550-N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Ward Air Inc
- Registered owner
- Ward Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 9, 2026 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- PAHN · Haines, AK
- Destination
- PAJN · Juneau, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Satellite tracking device, Handheld GPS
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 7, 2025
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30,000 total · 8,000 in this make and model · 30,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Icing
- Unknown
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- AJN
- METAR
- METAR PAJN 161753Z 09008KT 7SM -RA FEW007 BKN014 OVC022 03/02 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP200 P0002 60005 T00280017 10033 20017 53005 $=
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 11, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.