- Date
- May 30, 2026, 18:55 local (May 31, 2026, 02:55 UTC)
- Place
- South Van Horn, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1888APiper PA-18-125
- Defining event
- Landing: Nose over/nose down
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260530005839A
- Case key
- 203100
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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
- N1888A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-125
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-1718
- Built
- 1952
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alaska Tailwheel LLC
- Registered owner
- Alaska Tailwheel LLC
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
N1888ARegistered now · Piper PA-18-125Airframe modelPiper PA-18-125Engine 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.
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 N1888A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.