- Date
- June 22, 2026, 22:30 local (Jun 23, 2026, 06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chena, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7506KPiper PA-18 105
- Defining event
- Landing: Nose over/nose down
- 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
- 20260622008549A
- Case key
- 203247
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
- N7506K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18 105
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-226
- Built
- 1950
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
N7506KRegistered now · Piper PA-18 105Airframe modelPiper PA-18 105Engine modelLycoming 0-290 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
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.91 inHg
- Observed at
- AFA, 10 nm away
- METAR
- METAR PAFA 230553Z 23008KT 10SM SCT070 BKN100 BKN200 21/10 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02110100 10261 20211 51009 $
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 N7506K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.