- Date
- June 1, 2026, 16:00 local (Jun 2, 2026, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Salcha, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4162YBellanca 8GCBC
- 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
- 20260601007399A
- Case key
- 203110
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
- N4162Y
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 242-77
- Built
- 1977
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Garrels Gregory J
- Registered owner
- Garrels Gregory J
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- AK41 · Greg'N Sage, runway 07/25, 1,800 × 70 ft
N4162YRegistered now · Bellanca 8GCBCAirframe modelBellanca 8GCBCEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.23 inHg
- Observed at
- AEI, 11 nm away
- METAR
- METAR PAEI 012355Z 15003KT 10SM SCT085 BKN120 BKN200 18/M03 A3023 RMK AO2A SLP242 T01801029 10185 20129 57013 $
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.