- Date
- July 2, 2026, 19:30 local (Jul 3, 2026, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Denali National Park, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N424KTDehavilland DHC-3
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Landing gear not configured
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- Case key
- 203309
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
- N424KT
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 338
- Built
- 1958
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Rustair Inc
- Registered owner
- Rustair Inc
- Destination
- Same as departure
N424KTRegistered now · Dehavilland DHC-3Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-3Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 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.