- Date
- May 5, 2026, 12:47 local (20:47 UTC)
- Place
- Salcha, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67RFTextron B300C
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Birdstrike
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260505004509A
- Case key
- 202947
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.
BirdstrikeTextron B300C: 1 caseAll aircraft: 253 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67RF
- Reported as
- Textron B300C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- FM-80
- Built
- 2019
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft - federal · Public use
- Operator
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- Registered owner
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- Departed
- fai · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- fai · Fairbanks, AK
N67RFRegistered now · Textron B300CAirframe modelTextron B300CEngine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.