# NTSB WPR25LA292: Cessna 182N, N766EE, Fallbrook, CA, September 23, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: September 23, 2025, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Fallbrook, CA · Los Jilgueros Preserve
- Coordinates: 33.3525, -117.24516
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3525&lon=-117.2452&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201727
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA292
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201727/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA292

## Preliminary report

On September 23, 2025, about 1400 Pacific daylight time, N766EE, a Cessna 182N, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Fallbrook, California. The pilot received minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, he purchased fuel at French Valley Airport (F70), Murrieta, California (F70), and departed about 1353. After takeoff, he flew southbound, toward Fallbrook Community Airpark (L18), Fallbrook, California, and flew a straight in approach to runway 18. As the airplane was less than one mile from runway 18, he attempted to increase engine power using the throttle, however, the engine power remained the same. He advanced the throttle position a second time and turned off the carburetor heat, with no change in engine power. The pilot realized that the airplane was too low to reach the runway and initiated an emergency landing on a divided highway, with partial engine power. The airplane landed on the southbound lanes and during the landing roll, the left wing impacted a tree, along the center divider. Subsequently, the airplane veered left, exited the roadway, nosed over, and came to rest inverted, on an embankment adjacent to the northbound lanes of the roadway. Postaccident examination revealed that the fuselage, both wings, and empennage sustained substantial damage. The wreckage was recovered to a secure location for further examination.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182N, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=2072730), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N766EE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N766EE), registered now, S/N 18260217, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Registry model: [Cessna 182N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (registry code 2072730) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18260217
- Year built: 1970
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: F70, Murrieta, CA
- Destination: L18, Fallbrook, CA
- Airport: L18, Fallbrook Community Airpark, runway 18/36, 2,150 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Handheld GPS, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.81 inHg
- Observed at: KNFG, 6 nm away
- METAR: METAR KNFG 232052Z 20009KT 10SM SCT120 28/18 A2981

## 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 20250923015269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250923015269A), Sep 23, 2025: Cessna 182N, Fallbrook, CA, Substantial damage. On September 23, 2025, aircraft lost engine power while landing rwy 18 at L18 in Fallbrook, CA. Aircraft landed on south mission rd. and ended up in los…

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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