# NTSB WPR25LA266: Cessna TR182, N619MW, San Diego, CA, August 12, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: August 12, 2025, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Coordinates: 32.816801, -117.1409 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8168&lon=-117.1409&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA-FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200890
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA266
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200890/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA266

## Preliminary report

On August 12, 2025, about 1330 Pacific daylight time, Cessna TR182 airplane, N619MW, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near San Diego, California. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that shortly after reaching the top of his climb he noticed that the airplane was not accelerating. He cancelled his instrument flight plan and decided to return to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport (MYF), San Diego, California, where he had departed from moments earlier. During the descent, the landing gear was lowered and there was no positive gear down indication. The pilot then declared an emergency with air traffic control. He contacted the tower at MYF and performed two low-pass fly-bys at which time the tower controller noted that the nose landing gear was extended and the main landing gear was retracted. The pilot made multiple attempts to lower the landing gear without success including the use of the emergency gear extension handle. During landing, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left horizontal stabilizer. According to the FAA, local mechanics discovered that the airplane’s hydraulic system was devoid of hydraulic fluid. In addition, they found the landing gear down position hydraulic fluid pressure hose had failed at the swedge near the fitting end. The wreckage was relocated to a secure facility for further examination.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna TR182, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2072735), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N619MW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N619MW), registered now, S/N R18200993 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18200993
- Year built: 1979
- Airframe hours: 3321
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Mark Williams
- Registered owner: Mw Price Corp
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 10, 2025, 161 hours before
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MYF, Montgomery-Gibbs Exec, runway 05/23, 3,400 × 75 ft, concrete
- Equipment: ADS-B, Auto-pilot

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Icing: Unknown
- Turbulence: Unknown
- Observed at: KMYF
- METAR: KMYF 121953Z 20009KT 10SM CLR 23/16 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP137 T02280156=

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250812011029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250812011029A), Aug 12, 2025: Cessna TR182, San Diego, CA, Substantial damage. 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…

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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