# NTSB WPR26LA291: Cessna 177B, N34852, Perris, CA, August 5, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: August 5, 2026, 11:17 local (18:17 UTC)
- Place: Perris, CA
- Coordinates: 33.7904, -117.3604 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7904&lon=-117.3604&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203540
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA291
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203540/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA291

## Preliminary report

On August 5, 2026, at 1117 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 177B, N34852, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Perris, California. The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. The airplane was being operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. According to both pilots, after completing a series of maneuvers, the engine lost power while positioning the airplane to practice S-turns at 1,500 ft AGL. Attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful so the flight instructor performed an emergency landing to a field. During landing the airplane struck vegetation and nosed over, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage. The pilots reported 44 gallons of fuel onboard at takeoff and they had been airborne about 1.5 hrs when the engine quit.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 177B, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=2073708), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N34852](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34852), registered now, S/N 17702046, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Registry model: [Cessna 177B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (registry code 2073708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O-360-A1F6D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1f6d) (registry code 42253, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17702046
- Year built: 1973
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Pride Electric Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: RAL, Riverside, CA
- Equipment: Handheld GPS, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, Stall warning system

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Observed at: KAJO, 13 nm away
- METAR: METAR KAJO 051756Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP136 6//// T02780178 10278 20167 50004 $

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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