Cessna 180J, N9966N: Accident occurred October 13, 2021 in Chickaloon, Alaska

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this accident.

Additional Participating Entity:

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Anchorage, Alaska 

https://registry.faa.gov/N9966N

Location: Chickaloon, AK 

Accident Number: ANC22LA002

Date & Time: October 13, 2021, 13:00 Local 

Registration: N9966N (A1); unknown (A2)

Aircraft: Cessna 180J (A1); unknown unknown (A2)

Injuries: 1 None (A1)

Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal (A1); Unknown (A2)

Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information (A1)

Aircraft Make: Cessna 

Registration: N9966N

Model/Series: 180J

Aircraft Category: Airplane

Amateur Built:

Operator: On file 

Operating Certificate(s) Held: None

Operator Designator Code:

Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information (A2)

Aircraft Make: unknown 

Registration: unknown

Model/Series: unknown 

Aircraft Category: Airplane

Amateur Built:

Operator:

Operating Certificate(s) Held: None

Operator Designator Code:

Meteorological Information and Flight Plan

Conditions at Accident Site: VMC 

Condition of Light: Day

Observation Facility, Elevation: PAAQ,230 ft msl

Observation Time: 12:53 Local

Distance from Accident Site: 7 Nautical Miles

Temperature/Dew Point: 3°C /-5°C

Lowest Cloud Condition:

Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 5 knots / , 350°

Lowest Ceiling: Overcast / 6500 ft AGL

Visibility: 10 miles

Altimeter Setting: 29.24 inches Hg

Type of Flight Plan Filed:

Departure Point:

Destination: 

Wreckage and Impact Information (A1)

Crew Injuries: 1 None

Aircraft Damage: Substantial

Passenger Injuries: 

Aircraft Fire: None

Ground Injuries:

Aircraft Explosion: None

Total Injuries: 1 None 

Latitude, Longitude: 61.702064,-148.97528 (est)

Wreckage and Impact Information (A2)

Crew Injuries: 

Aircraft Damage: Unknown

Passenger Injuries:

Aircraft Fire: Unknown

Ground Injuries: 

Aircraft Explosion: Unknown

Total Injuries: 

Latitude, Longitude: 61.702064,-148.97528 (est)

The National Transportation Safety Board is looking for a plane that reportedly collided with another aircraft in midair last week and kept flying.

Around 1 p.m. Wednesday, a Cessna 180 was in a collision near Sutton that substantially damaged a wing of the plane, NTSB Alaska chief Clint Johnson said Saturday.

The pilot of the Cessna was able to land safely, and no injuries were reported. But the NTSB is still searching for the other plane, which Johnson said continued flying, and its pilot has not yet come forward to report the accident.

“We don’t think there was any damage to the other plane, but we don’t know that because it kept going,” Johnson said.

“This is an accident, and we’re trying to figure out what took place. We’d like to get both sides of the story,” he said. “So we are actively looking for that airplane.”

Authorities are reviewing air traffic control recordings in the area but haven’t been able to come up with any further information so far, Johnson said.

The NTSB encouraged anyone with information about the collision to call its Alaska Regional Office at 907-782-4848.