- Date
- June 21, 2026, 12:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2194SCessna TR182
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 203224
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On June 21, 2026, about 1255 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna TR182, N2194S, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Van Nuys, California. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot stated that after an uneventful landing on runway 16R, the airplane slowed and the pilot prepared to turn on the taxiway. The left main landing gear suddenly collapsed, damaging the left elevator. The airplane came to rest on the runway surface. The landing gear selector was found in the down position. The airplane was 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
- N2194S
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201312
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PRB · Paso Robles, CA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 16R/34L, 8,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
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
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.91 inHg
- Observed at
- KVNY
- METAR
- METAR KVNY 211851Z 17008KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP122 T02220128 $