- Date
- August 5, 2026, 18:45 local (Aug 6, 2026, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Butte, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N913SJLegend Air Alaska AK-18-4PX
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down
- 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
- 20260805009269A
- Case key
- 203577
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
- N913SJ
- Reported as
- Legend Air Alaska AK-18-4PX
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- AK-001
- Built
- 2025
- Airframe hours
- 106
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- PAWS · Wasilla, AK
- Airport
- NONE · Sandbar
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, Electronic multifunction display, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
N913SJRegistered now · Legend Air Alaska AK-18-4PXAirframe modelLegend Air Alaska AK-18-4PXEngine modelAerosport O-360
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
- 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- PAAQ, 6 nm away
- METAR
- METAR PAAQ 060253Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM -RA BKN070 OVC085 17/14 A3006 RMK AO2 RAB40 SLP180 P0000 60000 T01720139 53001 TSNO $
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.