- Date
- October 3, 2026, 10:46 local (14:46 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington, OH · Runway
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6079BCessna 182A
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20261003013119A
- Case key
- 203955
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
- N6079B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34079
- Built
- 1957
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Skydiving · Part 91
- Operator
- Canton Air Sports
- Registered owner
- Rift LLC
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 2D1 · Lee Fld, runway 27, 2,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.33 inHg
- Observed at
- AKR, 17 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KAKR 031454Z AUTO 08010KT 10SM CLR 14/07 A3033 RMK AO2 SLP270 T01440072 51010 $=
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.