Tundrair KING N62TK

Summary

On 6 May 2026 at about 03:50 local time, a Tundrair KING registered N62TK was involved in an accident near Palmer, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

6 May 2026 at 03:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Palmer, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.4034, -148.5955

Aircraft

Tundrair KING

Registration

N62TK

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC26LA037

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On May 5, 2026, about 1950 Alaska daylight time (AKDT), an experimental Tundrair King airplane, N62TK, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Palmer, Alaska. The pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Figure 1 Diagram of accident site Witnesses positioned near the east end of Picnic Strip, adjacent to Lake George and the Knik Glacier, reported that the airplane departed to the east and flew past them at low altitude. As it climbed over an area of rising terrain in a steep left bank, it encountered a gusting crosswind from the southeast off the glacier. The right wing lifted, the bank angle increased sharply, and the airplane descended nose-down before impacting terrain. Witnesses indicated the engine appeared to be operating at full power until impact. Upon impact, the engine separated from the airframe, and a post-impact fire consumed most of the cockpit, fuselage, and left wing. Although surface winds were reported as calm, witnesses estimated gusts of approximately 20 knots above the glacial moraine at the east end of the strip. Figure 2 Image of accident site (Courtesy of Recovery Operation) Figure 3 Overhead image of accident site (Courtesy of Alaska State Troopers) The wreckage has been recovered, and an examination is pending.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.