Stinson 108 accident near Cantwell, Alaska, June 14, 2025
On June 14, 2025 at about 10:15 pm local time, a 1946 Stinson 108, registered N2101Q, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing near Cantwell, Alaska. It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). 2 people had minor injuries. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 14, 2025 · about 10:15 pm local time
- Place
- Cantwell, Alaska · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 2 people had minor injuries.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Stinson 108, built 1946 · all 108s on the register
- Registration
- N2101Q · registry record · serial 108-1182
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
On June 14, 2025, about 1415 Alaska daylight time, a Stinson 108 airplane, N2101Q, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Cantwell, Alaska. The pilot and passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that there were no engine anomalies noted during the preflight inspection, pre-takeoff engine run-up checks or during the nearly two-hour flight from Fairbanks to the remote airstrip where he planned on doing touch-and-go landings. The landing on his second touch-and-go was uneventful, and then he initiated a go-around. The pilot reported feeling a shutter in the airplane as he applied full throttle and the airplane was not able to increase its airspeed for departure. There was not enough runway left to stop the airplane before it exited the end of the runway into brush and subsequently nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, left wing, tail section and rudder. The airplane is being recovered for a post-accident examination.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Nose over/nose down during landing defining event
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 4,035.7 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, May 1, 2025; 25 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,300 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: fixed
The flight
- Departed from: FAI Fairbanks AK at 4:02 pm
- Destination: FAI Fairbanks AK
- Flight plan: none
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 48°F (9°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter: 29.71 inHg
- Observation at 8:56 am from PAIN, 36 miles away
Weather report (METAR): PAIN 071656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/01 A2971 RMK AO2 SLP072 T00940011
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ANC25LA052.