Piper PA20 accident near Cordova, AK
On June 18, 2026, a Piper PA20 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cordova, AK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 18, 2026
- Place
- Cordova, AK
- Aircraft
- Piper PA20 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 60.207°N, 144.430°W
- NTSB ID
- 20260620203200
NTSB summary
On June 18, 2026, at approximately 1200, an experimental Piper PA-20 airplane, N7635K, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident about 44 miles southeast of Cordova, Alaska. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to a close family member, the pilot departed Brownsville Airpark (2CL1), Brownsville, California on the afternoon of June 15 and was en route to Fairbanks, Alaska where he was relocating with his girlfriend to pursue a job as a bush pilot after taking a year off from flying. According to witnesses, the pilot arrived at Yakutat Airport (YAK) Yakutat, Alaska on the afternoon of June 17; upon arriving, the pilot was told that there was no 100LL aviation fuel available. The fuel in YAK had been NOTAM’d as unavailable since September 2025. A family member confirmed that the pilot had three 5-gallon fuel jugs installed in the back of the airplane and a fuel valve which distributed fuel from the fuel jugs into the airplane’s fuel system. The family member reported that the pilot purchased about 45 gallons of automotive gas from the local gas station on June 17. Witnesses stated that the pilot departed YAK on the afternoon of June 17; however, the pilot returned to YAK a short time after departure because “ceilings too low and tops too high.” According to the family member the pilot spent the night in Yakutat and on the morning of June 18 he purchased another 15 gallons of automotive gas from the local gas station. A review of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) archive
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
