- Date
- September 10, 2026, 18:05 local (Sep 11, 2026, 02:05 UTC)
- Place
- Willow, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2525DCessna 170B
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260910011989A
- Case key
- 203795
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
- N2525D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20677
- Built
- 1952
- Airframe hours
- 4,251.3
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 2026 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- NONE · open area NW Skwentna
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
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 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.42 inHg
- Observed at
- PATK, 32 nm away
- METAR
- METAR PATK 110053Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 14/08 A3042 RMK AO2 SLP306 T01440078 TSNO $
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.