- Date
- February 21, 2026, 11:32 local (17:32 UTC)
- Place
- Golden, MO · Impacted fence on departure end of runway 9
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7276VCessna 182
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260221013059I
- Case key
- 202483
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to establish stabilized approach that would have allowed the airplane to touch down with adequate runway remaining. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to execute a go-around.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot had just completed one touch-and-go landing and was performing his second one when he touched down with 500 feet of runway remaining. The airplane had excessive speed due to the unstabilized approach, and the pilot applied maximum braking at the last 50 feet of runway. The airplane went through a ditch and came to rest on a grass embankment next to a barbed wire fence which resulted in substantial damage to the right horizontal stabilizer and right elevator. The operator reported that there were no preaccident malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The operator further reported that the accident could have been prevented if the pilot had executed a go-around due to the unstabilized approach or may have been prevented if he had applied maximum braking at the point of touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7276V
- Reported as
- Cessna 182 (S)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18280570
- Built
- 1999
- Airframe hours
- 3,747
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Legends Air Center LLC
- Registered owner
- Legends Air Center LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 18, 2025
- Departed
- KVBT · Bentonville, AR
- Destination
- MO32 · Golden, MO
- Airport
- MO32 · Table Rock, runway 09, 2,325 × 100 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 267.1 total · 44.8 in this make and model · 215.7 as pilot in command · 7.6 in the last 90 days · 0.5 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.22 inHg
- Observed at
- ROG, 23 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KROG 211658Z 02012KT 10SM CLR 05/M05 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP236 T00501050
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 16, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.4 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.