- Date
- August 2, 2026, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV · Runway 8
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7626KPiper PA-20
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA Reno FSDO
- Case key
- 203511
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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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
- N7626K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-443
- Built
- 1950
- Airframe hours
- 2,417.6
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2026
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- RTS · Reno/Stead, runway 08/26, 7,608 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.17 inHg
- Observed at
- KRTS, 1 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KRTS 021535Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/M00 A3017 RMK AO2