- Date
- October 30, 2026, 08:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Waimea, HI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N721AVGippsland GA-8
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 204093
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
- N721AV
- Reported as
- Gippsland GA-8
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Air Ventures Hawaii LLC
- Registered owner
- Air Ventures Hawaii LLC
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
- Wind
- 310° at 3 knots
- Observed at
- 8 nm away