# NTSB ANC26LA061: Cessna 180, N7741A, Skwentna, AK, June 20, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: June 20, 2026, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Coordinates: 61.673967, -151.38475
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6740&lon=-151.3847&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203214
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC26LA061
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203214/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA061

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 180, 80 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072602), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7741A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7741A), registered now, S/N 32638, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32638
- Year built: 1956
- Airframe hours: 11000
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Talaheim Air Service LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 19, 2026, 25 hours before
- Departed: 02AK, Willow, AK
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 1AK8, Talaheim, runway 18-36, 1,300 × 30 ft, dirt
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.19 inHg
- Observed at: PAWS, 53 nm away
- METAR: METAR PAWS 201956Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 17/09 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP193 T01670094 $

## Other investigations on N7741A (5)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC24LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA018), Mar 10, 2024: Cessna 180 (N7741A), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while taxiing, which resulted in a collision with trees.
- [NTSB ANC07CA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA075), Aug 8, 2007: Cessna 180 (N7741A), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left brake, and the pilot's continued operation with a known defect (the left brake), which resulted in a loss of control during the landing roll, and an on ground encounter with…
- [NTSB ANC73AA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73AA017), Aug 20, 1972: Cessna 180 (N7741A), Holy Cross, AK, substantial damage
- [NTSB ANC67A0049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC67A0049), Dec 21, 1966: Cessna 180 (N7741A), Bethel, AK, substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X0573](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0573), Feb 15, 1964: Cessna 180 (N7741A), Kasigluk, AK, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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