- Date
- June 17, 2026, 21:20 local (Jun 18, 2026, 05:20 UTC)
- Place
- Petersville, AK · Tokositna Glacier
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N249TPiper PA-18 105
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event
- 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
- 20260617008649A
- Case key
- 203198
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
- N249T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18 105
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-2363
- Built
- 1953
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bigger Tires More Fun LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TKA · Talkeetna, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 190° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.24 inHg
- Observed at
- PATK, 39 nm away
- METAR
- METAR PATK 180453Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM CLR 20/07 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP244 T02000067 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 N249T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.