- Date
- August 21, 2026, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bemidji, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7524HPiper PA-12
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260821011209A
- Case key
- 203656
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
- N7524H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-388
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Departed
- BJI · Bemidji, MN
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- None
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
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KBJI, 4 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KBJI 212115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT100 23/17 A3000 RMK AO2 T02250166
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.