- Date
- July 5, 2026, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N907ALSchweizer 269C
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of engine power (partial)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260705007569A
- Case key
- 203328
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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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
- N907AL
- Reported as
- Schweizer 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- S1742
- Built
- 1996
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tjm Ventures Inc
- Registered owner
- Tjm Ventures Inc
- Departed
- NONE · Chelatna Lake, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- NONE · Private Helipad
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 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- PATK, 39 nm away
- METAR
- METAR PATK 052253Z 21006KT 10SM FEW035 BKN070 OVC085 17/11 A2992 RMK AO2 RAB15E43 SLP135 P0001 T01670106 $
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.