# NTSB WPR26LA228: Lancair Legacy 2000, N84BZ, Los Angeles, CA, June 16, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: June 16, 2026, 09:06 local (16:06 UTC)
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Coordinates: 34.258482, -118.41116
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2585&lon=-118.4112&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- 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): 203230
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA228
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203230/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA228

## Preliminary report

On June 16, 2026, about 0906 Pacific daylight time, an experimental amateur built Lancair Legacy 2000, N84BZ, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Los Angeles, California. The pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The airplane departed Lake Havasu City (HII) about 1 hour prior, following a route the pilot had taken multiple times before. He reported that the flight was operating under visual flight rules, and while descending into the Los Angeles Basin he encountered low cloud bases. He stated that the weather encounter increased his workload, and as he approached Whiteman Airport (WHP) he extended the landing gear and flaps at the same time, as part of his normal landing procedures, but he did not check the landing gear status lights. Just before touchdown, the tower controller transmitted to the pilot that the landing gear was still retracted. The pilot reached up to the landing gear switch and found that it was in the down position, but the landing gear status lights were not green. The pilot stated that he then applied full engine power to go-around, but the flaps had already struck the ground and were damaged such that they impinged aileron movement. Unable to maintain roll control, the airplane struck the airport boundary fence and came to rest in an adjacent airport parking lot. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the forward fuselage during the accident sequence. The airplane 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.

- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Flightpath LANCAIR LEGACY 2000, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=056114T), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84BZ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84BZ), registered now, S/N L2K-133, built 2002 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LANCAIR LEGACY 2000
- Registry model: [Flightpath LANCAIR LEGACY 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/flightpath-lancair-legacy-2000) (registry code 056114T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: L2K-133
- Year built: 2002
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Departed: HII, Lake Havasu City, AZ
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: WHP, Whiteman, runway 12

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.02 inHg
- Observed at: KWHP
- METAR: METAR KWHP 161555Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 20/14 A3002=

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