# NTSB WPR26LA361: Cessna U206G, N1797R, Stony River, AK, September 21, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 21, 2026, 15:47 local (23:47 UTC)
- Place: Stony River, AK
- Coordinates: 61.508758, -154.64662
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5088&lon=-154.6466&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203887
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA361
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203887/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA361

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna U206G, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2073356), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1797R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1797R), registered now, S/N U20606331, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20606331
- Year 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

## 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 20260921013189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260921013189I), Sep 21, 2026: Cessna U206G, Lime Village, AK, Minor damage. On 9/21/2026 at about 14:47 akl, [privacy data omitted], a Cessna 206 on floats, attempted to take off from s lake, located about 30 miles from Lime Village,…

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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