Cessna 210-5 N8457Z

Summary

On 24 July 2025 at about 01:00 local time, a Cessna 210-5 registered N8457Z, operated by Yakutat Air, was involved in an accident near Yakutat, Alaska, United States. One person was 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 July 2025 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Yakutat, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

59.1078, -138.5018

Aircraft

Cessna 210-5

Registration

N8457Z

Category

Airplane

Year built

1963

Engines

1

Operator

Yakutat Air

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Yakutat

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC25LA077

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 July 23, 2025, about 1700 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 210-5 (205) airplane, N8457Z, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident on a remote beach about 50 miles southeast of Yakutat, Alaska. The pilot was uninjured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 on demand charter flight. The airplane was being operated by Yakutat Air, transporting a load of fresh fish from a remote beach site to Yakutat. According to the pilot, while departing from the wet, soft, sand-covered beach site, the airplane didn’t seem like it was accelerating as it should have been. He said that after takeoff the airplane traveled for about 100 ft before the right wing stalled, and the main landing gear wheel struck the sand-covered beach. Subsequently, the airplane bounced, and the right main landing gear contacted a piece of driftwood before being pulled sideways, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and empennage (see figure 1). Figure 1. Accident airplane at the accident site (Courtesy of Operator) The pilot reported that the airplane’s weight at the time of the accident was 3,231 lbs., or 69 lbs. under the maximum allowable gross weight of the airplane. He stated that the available takeoff space on the beach was 1,500 ft. and that, during the takeoff roll, the engine seemed like it was running fine. The wreckage has been moved to a secure location and a detailed NTSB examination is pending.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.