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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper L-21 · Cody, WY · April 10, 2026

Date
April 10, 2026 · 09:30 local
Place
Cody, WY
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N453HC
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR26LA156
Reported as
Piper L-21
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,844 total99 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot landed on mountain top landing spot and lost control when brakes were applied

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED ON MOUNTAIN TOP LANDING SPOT AND LOST CONTROL WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.