# NTSB ANC26LA076: Cessna 180K, N180LW, Anchorage, AK, July 22, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: July 22, 2026, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.186142, -149.96787
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1861&lon=-149.9679&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203445
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC26LA076
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203445/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA076

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 180K, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191/sequence.md?model=2072624), [All aircraft, 733 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191/sequence.md)
- [Initial climb: Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191); cases with it: [Cessna 180K, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191/sequence.md?model=2072624), [All aircraft, 733 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Cessna 180K, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=2072624), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Cessna 180K, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2072624), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N180LW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N180LW), registered now, S/N 18052925 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Registry model: [Cessna 180K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (registry code 2072624) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18052925
- Year built: 1978
- Airframe hours: 3633.6
- 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

## 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20260722011089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260722011089A), Jul 22, 2026: Cessna 180K, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. First flight after completion of an annual inspection. Airman taxied from maintenance hangar to RW14 for a short flight to reposition from Z41 Lake Hood Strip…

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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