ANC26LA065

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-18-125 · Wasilla, AK · June 24, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
June 24, 2026, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
Place
Wasilla, AK
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N7178KPiper PA-18-125
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
Case key
203248

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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
N7178K
Reported as
Piper PA-18-125
Category
Airplane
Serial number
18-549
Built
1950
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
Z40 · Goose Bay, runway 08/26, 3,000 × 75 ft

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
52 °F, dew point 46 °F
Altimeter
30.07 inHg
Observed at
ABV, 10 nm away
METAR
METAR PABV 241756Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW011 SCT032 11/08 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T01110078 10111 20072 56011 $

Other investigations on N7178K · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.