- Date
- May 3, 2026, 11:14 local (16:14 UTC)
- Place
- Russellville, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5235DCessna 180A
- 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
- 20260503007869A
- Case key
- 202923
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. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5235D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50133
- Built
- 1958
- Airframe hours
- 6,977
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- P2i Real Estate Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 2025
- Departed
- KPLK · Branson, MO
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- RUE · Russellville Rgnl, runway 07/25, 5,505 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B
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
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Observed at
- RUE
- METAR
- METAR KRUE 031653Z AUTO 22007KT 10SM CLR 20/06 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP191 T02000061 PNO $
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.