# NTSB ANC26LA104: Taylorcraft BL-65, N22619, Ninilchik, AK, September 11, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 11, 2026, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Ninilchik, AK
- Coordinates: 59.980275, -151.07702
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9803&lon=-151.0770&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- 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): 203812
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC26LA104
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203812/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA104

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Taylorcraft BL-65, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=8850350), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Taylorcraft BL-65, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=8850350), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N22619](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22619), registered now, S/N 1267, built 1939 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BL-65
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BL-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bl-65) (registry code 8850350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-145B series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (registry code 41502, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1267
- Year built: 1939
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: ENA, AK
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: NONE, Caribou Hills

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 1.25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 500 ft broken
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.34 inHg
- Observed at: PAHO, 24 nm away
- METAR: METAR PAHO 112253Z AUTO 23008KT 1 1/4SM BR FEW001 BKN005 11/09 A3034 RMK AO2 VIS 1/2V3 SLP273 T01060094 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 20260911012459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260911012459A), Sep 11, 2026: Taylorcraft BL-65, Caribou Hills, AK, Substantial damage. From FAA form 8020-9 aircraft accident preliminary notice brief description: "While landing on a remote strip the landing gear broke causing the aircraft to…

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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