- Date
- April 10, 2026, 08:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place
- Cody, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N453HCMarshall Daniel R L-21
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20260410005169A
- Case key
- 202807
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing rollout, which resulted in a nose-over.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
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.
Analysis
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that he made several passes over his destination airport to assess the landing area and then completed one successful landing. During a second landing the pilot lost control of the airplane, which nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder assembly and both wing struts. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N453HC
- Reported as
- Marshall Daniel R L-21
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Built
- 2005
- Airframe hours
- 969.8
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360 SERIES, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 7, 2026
- Departed
- COD · Cody, WY
- Destination
- COD · Cody, WY
- Airport
- Sheep Mountain
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Onboard weather
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.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- BasicMed
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2026
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 1,844.3 total · 98.5 in this make and model · 1,844.3 as pilot in command · 5.4 in the last 90 days · 3.4 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Pilot-rated passenger
- Age
- 66
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 13,850 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Observed at
- COD, 12 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KCOD 101456Z AUTO 22008KT 10SM CLR 08/M04 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP191 T00781044 58006 $
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 15, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.