Cessna A185F N92DC

Summary

On 24 April 2026 at about 18:45 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N92DC was involved in an accident near Aniak, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

24 April 2026 at 18:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Aniak, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Aniak (ANI)

Coordinates

61.5801, -159.5431

Aircraft

Cessna A185F

Registration

N92DC

Category

Airplane

Year built

1975

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Remote Strip → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC26LA032

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On April 24, 2026, about 1045 Alaska daylight time, a wheel/ski-equipped Cessna 185 airplane, N92DC, was substantially damaged in an accident at Aniak Airport (ANI), Aniak, Alaska. The pilot and one passenger were not injured. The flight was being operated as a business flight under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to the pilot, the airplane was departing from a rough, uneven, snow and tundra-covered site when, just before becoming airborne, the left wheel/ski assembly separated from the main landing gear (MLG) leg. Although the assembly detached from the gear leg, it remained connected to the airplane by the wheel/ski cable system. After confirming that the airplane remained controllable, the pilot elected to continue to Aniak Airport and perform an emergency landing where emergency response personnel and resources were available. While en route, he maintained a very low airspeed to prevent the dangling wheel/ski assembly from striking the wing lift strut. During the emergency landing at Aniak Airport, the left MLG leg contacted the gravel-covered runway, causing the airplane to pitch forward abruptly and overturn. The airplane came to rest inverted and sustained substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage. See figure 1. Figure 1. Accident airplane following emergency landing. (Aniak Airport Operations Photo) On July 8, after the airplane wreckage was recovered to Wasilla, Alaska, a portion of the fractured spring-steel MLG leg was harvested from the wreckage and sent to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Materials Laboratory in Washington, D.C., for examination. The results of that examination are pending.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.