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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Akron, OH · May 14, 2026

Date
May 14, 2026 · 14:00 local
Place
Akron, OH
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7188W
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA26FA208
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
50 total

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What happened

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

While conducting an instructional flight plane entered left base turn to akr rwy 7 with tail wind and appeared to stall crashing in residential area street hitting house garage. Reported winds for akr were 340 16G25 KTS.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE CONDUCTING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT PLANE ENTERED LEFT BASE TURN TO AKR RWY 7 WITH TAIL WIND AND APPEARED TO STALL CRASHING IN RESIDENTIAL AREA STREET HITTING HOUSE GARAGE. REPORTED WINDS FOR AKR WERE 340 16G25 KTS.

NTSB investigation

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