- Date
- August 30, 2026, 13:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Cordova, AK · Grid from AK State Troopers SAR
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5399DCessna 180A
- 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
- 20260830012979A
- Case key
- 203710
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
- N5399D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50299
- Built
- 1958
- Airframe hours
- 3,260
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 2026 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- PAMR · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- None · Beach
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, Electronic flight bag or handheld 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
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 22,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.82 inHg
- Observed at
- PACV, 84 nm away
- METAR
- METAR PACV 302053Z 19005KT 10SM BKN220 18/05 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP097 T01830050 50001
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.