WPR25LA288

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 750 · San Diego, CA · September 18, 2025

Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedPreliminary report
Date
September 17, 2025, 17:42 local (Sep 18, 2025, 00:42 UTC)
Place
San Diego, CA
Injuries
6 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N769XJCessna 750
Defining event
Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Landing gear collapse
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 3
NTSB office
Western Pacific Region
Parties
FAA
Case key
201044

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Preliminary report

What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.

On September 17, 2025, about 1742 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 750, N769XJ, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at San Diego International Airport (SAN), San Diego, California. The two pilots and four passengers sustained no injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 commuter flight. The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll, he felt an intense vibration coming from the nosewheel as the airplane accelerated through 100 knots, so he elected to abort the takeoff. Subsequently, during the abort, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the nose of the airplane settled onto the runway. When the airplane came to a stop on the runway, the pilots executed an emergency shutdown and safely evacuated all occupants from the airplane. Post accident examination revealed that the airplane’s fuselage sustained substantial damage. The airplane was recovered and retained for further examination.

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.

Aircraft

Registration
N769XJ
Reported as
Cessna 750
Category
Airplane
Serial number
750-0269
Built
2007
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Other work use · Part 135
Operator
Bell Air
Registered owner
N560mc LLC
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Destination
CMH · Columbus, OH
Flight plan
IFR
Airport
SAN · San Diego International Airport, runway 27, 9,401 × 200 ft, asphalt
Equipment
Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display

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.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
320° at 5 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
25,000 ft broken
Temperature
75 °F, dew point 63 °F
Altimeter
29.89 inHg
Observed at
KSAN
METAR
METAR KSAN 170151Z 32005KT 10SM FEW050 SCT150 BKN250 24/17 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP122 T02440167