# NTSB WPR27LA021: Cessna 182A, N5153D, Galveston, TX, October 19, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Investigation open
- Date: October 19, 2026, 17:44, time zone not recorded
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- NTSB case key (mKey): 204031
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR27LA021
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/204031/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR27LA021

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5153D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5153D), registered now, S/N 51253, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Flight: Skydiving, Part 91
- Operator: Free Fall Gulf LLC
- Registered owner: Free Fall Gulf LLC

## Weather

- Wind: 70° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none

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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