- Date
- July 18, 2026, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Bernardino, CA · On airport while taxi
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8249BPiper PA-28-161
- Defining event
- Taxi: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260718009399A
- Case key
- 203427
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 July 18, 2026, about 1530 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-28-161, N8249B, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near San Bernardino, California. The pilot and pilot rated passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that while taxiing to the run-up area in preparation for takeoff at San Bernardino International Airport (SBD), San Bernadino, California, the airplane’s right main landing gear collapsed, and the right wing impacted the taxiway surface. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the right wing was substantially damaged. The airplane was recovered 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
- N8249B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8116008
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- WHP · Los Angeles, CA
- Airport
- SBD · San Bernardino Intl
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
- 250° at 7 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- KSBD
- METAR
- METAR KSBD 182155Z 25007G15KT 10SM CLR 37/07 A2994
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.