# NTSB WPR26LA226: Cessna TR182, N2194S, Los Angeles, CA, June 21, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: June 21, 2026, 12:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Coordinates: 34.210302, -118.48855 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2103&lon=-118.4886&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203224
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA226
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203224/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA226

## Preliminary 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 best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna TR182, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2072735), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2194S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2194S), registered now, S/N R18201312 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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

## 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 $

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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