A Cessna U206F lost control while landing in Meadow Lakes Oct. 1, with no one hurt

A Cessna U206F lost control on the ground while landing in Meadow Lakes at 2:30 pm Alaska time on Oct. 1, according to the National Transportation Safety Board, which has opened an investigation. The agency's record lists no injuries aboard or on the ground.

The aircraft, registered N9572G, was on a personal flight, the NTSB record shows. The case is open, and the NTSB plans no preliminary report. The agency has not released a cause. Its case page says a final report with the probable cause will be published six months after the accident.

Alaska News reported Sept. 17 that 20 aircraft had crashed in Alaska in the eight weeks since July 19, three of them fatally. From 2008 through 2017, Alaska's aviation accident rate was 2.35 times the rate in the rest of the country, and its fatal accident rate was 1.34 times higher, according to an FAA safety report.