WPR26LA303

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 172L · Upland, CA · August 16, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
August 16, 2026, 11:40 local (18:40 UTC)
Place
Upland, CA · On Airport
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N7526GCessna 172L
Defining event
Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Western Pacific Region
Parties
FAA FSDO Riverside
Case key
203594

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
N7526G
Reported as
Cessna 172L
Category
Airplane
Serial number
17259226
Built
1970
Airframe hours
8,127.35
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Operator
Foothill Aircraft Sales and Service Inc.
Registered owner
Foothill Aircraft Sales and Service Inc.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · August 11, 2026 · 10.5 hours before
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
CCB · Cable Airport, runway 24, 3,863 × 75 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
270° at 8 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
81 °F, dew point 57 °F
Altimeter
30.09 inHg
Observed at
KCCB
METAR
METAR KCCB 161835Z AUTO 27008KT 10SM CLR 27/14 A3009 RMK AO2