- Date
- June 21, 2026, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- North Pole, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2586MPiper PA-12
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: 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
- FAA report
- 20260621006359A
- Case key
- 203206
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
- N2586M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-1047
- Built
- 1946
- Airframe hours
- 2,603.7
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 7, 2025
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 78AA · Lakewood, runway 06/24, 1,600 × 100 ft, gravel
- 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
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- PAEI, 7 nm away
- METAR
- METAR PAEI 211655Z 00000KT 10SM SCT220 18/12 A3004 RMK AO2A SLP175 T01770119 $
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.