# Accident 20250812011029A: Cessna TR182, San Diego, CA, August 12, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2025, 13:32 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery-Gibbs Exec
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8168° N, 117.1409° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8168&lon=-117.1409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N619MW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N619MW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA266) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250812011029A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE 30 AMP GEAR PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A SINGLE RESET WITH NO SUCCESS. THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT BUT THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION BUT THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BELLY. MECHANICS FOUND THE GEAR DOWN HYDRAULIC FLUID PRESSURE HOSE FAILED AT THE FITTING END SWEDGE, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LOSE ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID WHICH PREVENTED THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION. FAILED HOSE P/N S2178-4-0102 APPEARS TO BE THE ORIGINAL HOSE THAT WAS INSTALLED OVER 46 YEARS AGO.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB WPR25LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA266), Aug 12, 2025: Cessna TR182 (N619MW), San Diego, CA, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N619MW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160414009749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160414009749I), Apr 14, 2016: Cessna TR182 (N619MW), Carlsbad, CA, Minor damage. On 14 April 2016, a Cessna 182R declared an emergency 4 miles west of Carlsbad airport (crq). The emergency was described as smoke in the cockpit and the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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