# NTSB WPR26LA047: Cessna 172S, N5199J, Lancaster, CA, November 9, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: November 9, 2025, 12:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place: Lancaster, CA · 

- Coordinates: 34.741056, -118.21863 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7411&lon=-118.2186&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202018
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA047
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202018/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA047

## Preliminary report

On November 9, 2025, about 1205 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N5199J, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Lancaster, California. The pilot and passengers were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he was cleared by the local air traffic controller for a straight in approach for runway 06. Upon touchdown, the nosewheel dropped and bounced. The pilot was able to maintain control during the landing roll and slowed the airplane down to a stop on the runway. When he taxied to transient parking, he noticed that the airplane was hard to turn. After parking the airplane, he discovered that the nosewheel tire was flat and that the propeller sustained ground damage. A post-accident examination by a local repair shop revealed that the tunnel structure behind the firewall and the pilot and co-pilot side floorboards were substantially damaged. The airplane was secured for further examination.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 23 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5199J](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5199J), registered now, S/N 172S9097, built 2002 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-L2A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (registry code 41597, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172S9097
- Year built: 2002
- Airframe hours: 8022
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Eight Ball Flying Club
- Registered owner: Eight Ball Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 19, 2025, 29 hours before
- Departed: VNY, Van Nuys, CA
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: WJF, General Wm J Fox Airfield, runway 06, 7,201 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Auto-pilot, ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter: 30.23 inHg
- Observed at: KWJF
- METAR: METAR KWJF 091956Z 06008KT 10SM CLR 25/00 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP229 T02500000

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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