# NTSB ANC26LA102: Cessna 170B, N2525D, Willow, AK, September 11, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 10, 2026, 18:05 local (Sep 11, 2026, 02:05 UTC)
- Place: Willow, AK
- Coordinates: 62.166667, -151.58333
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.1667&lon=-151.5833&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096)
- 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): 203795
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC26LA102
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203795/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA102

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 170B, 29 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072306), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2525D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2525D), registered now, S/N 20677, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20677
- Year built: 1952
- Airframe hours: 4251.3
- 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

## 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20260910011989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260910011989A), Sep 10, 2026: Cessna 170B, Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. On September 10, 2026, the pilot-in-command was conducting off-airport operations in a tundra field located 9.1 miles north-northwest of Skwentna, Alaska.…

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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