- Date
- September 9, 2026, 17:30 local (Sep 10, 2026, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Arctic Village, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2945MPiper PA12
- Defining event
- Takeoff: 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
- Case key
- 203773
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
- N2945M
- Reported as
- Piper PA12
- Category
- Airplane
- Built
- 1946
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Arctic Village, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- NONE
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
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Observed at
- PARC, 30 nm away
- METAR
- METAR PARC 100056Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW060 OVC090 08/04 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP156 T00830044 TSNO
Other investigations on N2945M · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC11CA113Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportTalkeetna, AKThe pilot’s decision to take off from an off-airport site in variable wind.NTSB ANC06CA065Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportWasilla, AKThe pilot's inadequate compensation for a tailwind during the landing flare, which resulted in an in-flight collision with snow-covered terrain during an aborted landing. Factors contributing to the accident were a tailwind and rising terrain.NTSB ANC68F0067Accident · No injuriesClosedPort Heiden, AK