- Date
- June 21, 2026, 11:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Port Angeles, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3404YCessna 180H
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 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
- 20260621011479A
- Case key
- 203291
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
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 after they performed a 3-point landing, the airplane veered to the right. The pilot attempted to correct with left rudder input; however, the airplane continued to the right and exited the runway surface. The left main landing gear dug into the grass covered surface and the airplane pivoted 180° to the right, which resulted in substantial damage to the left aileron and left elevator. Post accident examination revealed that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunction or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing on runway 27, with wind variable at 5 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3404Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051904
- Built
- 1967
- Airframe hours
- 4,765.5
- Engine
- Continental O-470R74B, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 2026 · 4.5 hours before
- Departed
- TTD · Troutdale, OR
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- CLM · William R Fairchild International, runway 27, 6,347 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 19, 2025
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 552 total · 38 in this make and model · 472 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- KCLM, 1 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KCLM 211753Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 16/10 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP190 T01560100 10156 20072 50002=
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 27, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.3 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.
Other investigations on N3404Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.