- Date
- July 28, 2026, 23:42 UTC
- Place
- Antigo, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7978UCessna 172F
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260728010259A
- Case key
- 203489
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
- N7978U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251978
- Built
- 1964
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Northwoods Gateway Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Northwoods Gateway Aviation LLC
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- AIG
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
- 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- KAIG
- METAR
- METAR KAIG 282335Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM CLR 25/14 A2995 RMK AO2 T02450142
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.