# NTSB WPR26LA253: Cessna 180, N3339D, Marbleton, WY, July 9, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: July 9, 2026, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Marbleton, WY
- Coordinates: 42.582222, -110.10886
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5822&lon=-110.1089&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203360
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA253
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203360/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA253

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 180, 80 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072602), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3339D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3339D), registered now, S/N 32137, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32137
- Year built: 1955
- Airframe hours: 2620
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 2026, 20 hours before
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: BPI, Miley Memorial Field Airport, runway 14, 6,803 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.26 inHg
- Observed at: KBPI
- METAR: METAR KBPI 091553Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 21/03 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02110033

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20260709008509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260709008509A), Jul 9, 2026: Cessna 180, Big Piney, WY, Substantial damage. Pilot lost control of aircraft upon landing and ground looped the aircraft causing substantial damage.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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