- Date
- May 18, 2026, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Nenana, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5184HPiper PA-14
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260518005059A
- Case key
- 203016
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
- N5184H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-14
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14-502
- Built
- 1949
- Airframe hours
- 9,278
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 2026 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- AK28 · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- AK28 · Fairbanks, AK
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 140° at 11 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.75 inHg
- Observed at
- PAIN, 27 nm away
- METAR
- METAR PAIN 181956Z AUTO 14011G17KT 10SM OVC050 07/M03 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP091 T00721028 TSNO $
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 N5184H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.