# NTSB ANC26LA083: Legend Air Alaska AK-18-4PX, N913SJ, Butte, AK, August 6, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: August 5, 2026, 18:45 local (Aug 6, 2026, 02:45 UTC)
- Place: Butte, AK
- Coordinates: 61.501117, -149.07834 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5011&lon=-149.0783&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 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): 203577
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC26LA083
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203577/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA083

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Legend Air Alaska AK-18-4PX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=05643II), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N913SJ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N913SJ), registered now, S/N AK-001 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEGEND AIR ALASKA LLC AK-18-4PX
- Registry model: [Legend Air Alaska AK-18-4PX](https://openairdocs.org/model/legend-air-alaska-ak-18-4px) (registry code 05643II) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Aerosport O-360](https://openairdocs.org/engine/aerosport-o-360) (registry code 01300, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: AK-001
- Year 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

## 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20260805009269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260805009269A), Aug 5, 2026: Legend Air Alaska LLC AK-18-4PX, Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted to land an aircraft on a sand or gravel strip that was not an official airport runway. During the landing rollout, the pilot realized that the…

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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