- Date
- July 22, 2026, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N180LWCessna 180K
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Fuel starvation
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260722011089A
- Case key
- 203445
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
- N180LW
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052925
- Built
- 1978
- Airframe hours
- 3,633.6
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Northstar Adventures LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 2026
- Departed
- PALH · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- PAMR · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- LHD · Lake Hood
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Data recorder, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Handheld GPS, Heads up display, Satellite tracking device
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
- 330° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- ALH
- METAR
- PALH 202203Z 33003KT 7SM -RA FEW003 BKN055 OVC080 13/12 A3006 RMK AO2 P0000 T01280122
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.