- Date
- September 21, 2026, 15:47 local (23:47 UTC)
- Place
- Stony River, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1797RCessna U206G
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration Anchorage Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20260921013189I
- Case key
- 203887
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
- N1797R
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20606331
- Built
- 1981
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 135
- Operator
- Alaska Skyways Inc dba Regal Air, doing business as Regal Air
- Registered owner
- Northstar Holdings LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PALH · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- S LAKE · Lime Village, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- S LAKE · S Lake
- Equipment
- Satellite tracking device, ADS-B, Handheld GPS
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
- Variable at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft
- Temperature
- 40 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.