# NTSB ANC26LA050: Cessna A185F, N2821Q, Steele Creek, AK, May 31, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: May 31, 2026, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Steele Creek, AK · Fairbank airport
- Coordinates: 64.966667, -147.26666
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.9667&lon=-147.2667&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203176
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC26LA050
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203176/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA050

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 75 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2821Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2821Q), registered now, S/N 18503533, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18503533
- Year built: 1977
- Airframe hours: 5254.6
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Richard Hattan
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 7, 2026, 22 hours before
- Departed: FAI, Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: na, remote
- Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 15 knots, gusting 15
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F
- Turbulence: Light

## 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 20260531006549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260531006549A), May 31, 2026: Cessna A185F, Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot attempted to takeoff downhill and downwind from Remote airstrip. During the takeoff roll, the pilot lost control and the aircraft veered off the…

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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