- Date
- April 29, 2026, 18:30 local (Apr 30, 2026, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Palmer, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3982ZPiper PA-18S-150
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260429003259A
- Case key
- 202913
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3982Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18S-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7925
- Built
- 1963
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PAAQ · Palmer, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS
N3982ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18S-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18S-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- AAQ, 2 nm away
- METAR
- METAR PAAQ 300153Z 05010KT 10SM OVC050 06/M01 A2996 RMK AO2 RAB20E31 SLP150 P0000 T00561006
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3982Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.