# NTSB ANC26LA040: Douglas DC3C, N115U, Anchorage, AK, May 8, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: May 8, 2026, 08:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK · On airport
- Coordinates: 61.196272, -150.00196
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1963&lon=-150.0020&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202972
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC26LA040
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202972/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA040

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N115U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N115U), registered now, S/N 33567, built 1944 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC3C
- Registry model: [Douglas DC3C](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3c) (registry code 3021457) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-series) (registry code 52020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33567
- Year built: 1944
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 135
- Operator: Desert Air Transport Inc.
- Registered owner: Basler Turbo Conversions LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: ANC, Anchorage International Airport
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 29.79 inHg
- Observed at: PANC, 2 nm away
- METAR: METAR PANC 081653Z VRB06KT 10SM FEW030 BKN065 BKN110 04/01 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP089 SH DSNT N T00440006

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20260508005109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260508005109A), May 8, 2026: Douglas DC3C, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. On may 8, 2026, a flight crew of two pilots were operating a DC-3-TP aircraft for a part 135 cargo flight from the north cargo ramp at anc. While taxiing on…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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