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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-18A 150 · Palmer, AK · September 10, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
September 10, 2026, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
Place
Palmer, AK · Lower friday creek-south fork strip
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N7795DPiper PA-18A 150
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
20260910011879A
Case key
203794

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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
N7795D
Reported as
Piper PA-18A 150
Category
Airplane
Serial number
18-5998
Built
1957
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Departed
MRI · Anchorage, AK
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
NONE · Lower Friday Creek

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
None
Temperature
55 °F, dew point 45 °F
Altimeter
30.43 inHg
Observed at
PAAQ, 13 nm away
METAR
METAR PAAQ 101953Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/07 A3043 RMK AO2 SLP306 T01280072 $

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.