- Date
- October 19, 2026, 17:44, time zone not recorded
- Place
- Galveston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5153DCessna 182A
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of engine power (total)
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Case key
- 204031
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5153D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Flight
- Skydiving · Part 91
- Operator
- Free Fall Gulf LLC
- Registered owner
- Free Fall Gulf LLC
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
- Wind
- 70° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None