# NTSB WPR25LA288: Cessna 750, N769XJ, San Diego, CA, September 18, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: September 17, 2025, 17:42 local (Sep 18, 2025, 00:42 UTC)
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Coordinates: 32.733357, -117.18873 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7334&lon=-117.1887&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201044
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA288
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201044/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA288

## Preliminary 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 best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 750, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2076810), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N769XJ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N769XJ), registered now, S/N 750-0269, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 750
- Registry model: [Cessna 750](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-750) (registry code 2076810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Allison AE-3007C1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae-3007c1) (registry code 03053, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 750-0269
- Year 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

## 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

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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