# NTSB ANC26LA072: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK.I, N791PW, Nondalton, AK, July 19, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: July 19, 2026, 14:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place: Nondalton, AK · Lake Clark Lodge airstrip
- Coordinates: 60.087, -154.67233
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0870&lon=-154.6723&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203418
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC26LA072
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203418/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA072

## Preliminary report

On July 19, 2026 about 1440 Alaska daylight time, a DeHavilland DHC-2 airplane, N791PW was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Nondalton, Alaska. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 business flight. The pilot reported that he conducted a normal landing on a remote airstrip, and after touching down he applied the brakes, but the right brake did not respond. The airplane veered to the left, the pilot attempted to correct the left drift by adding additional right brake; the brake did not respond. The airplane ground looped and departed the runway which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and right elevator. A postaccident examination of the brake system is pending.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Dehavilland DHC-2 MK.I, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2808007), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Dehavilland DHC-2 MK.I, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2808007), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N791PW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N791PW), registered now, S/N 791, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 MK.I
- Registry model: [Dehavilland DHC-2 MK.I](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2-mk-i) (registry code 2808007) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-an-14b) (registry code 51654, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 791
- Year built: 1955
- Airframe hours: 12779.9
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Lake Clark Lodge
- Registered owner: N491pw LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 17, 2026, 113.4 hours before
- Departed: PVT, Keyes Point, AK
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: PVT, Lake Clark Lodge Strip, runway N/A, 1,300 × 50 ft, dirt
- Equipment: Handheld GPS, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 14 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.89 inHg
- Icing: Unknown
- Turbulence: Unknown
- Observed at: PAIL, 22 nm away
- METAR: METAR PAIL 190953Z AUTO 10014G24KT 10SM SCT042 OVC050 09/07 A2989 RMK AO2 PK WND 11028/0938 RAE22 SLP125 P0001 T00940067 TSNO $

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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