WPR26LA318

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 170B · South Lake Tahoe, CA · August 26, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
August 26, 2026, 08:56 local (15:56 UTC)
Place
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N2285DCessna 170B
Defining event
Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Western Pacific Region
Parties
Federal Aviation Administration
Case key
203670

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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
N2285D
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Category
Airplane
Serial number
20437
Built
1952
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
Jet Cane Corp
Registered owner
Jet Cane Corp
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
TVL · Lake Tahoe Airport, runway 18/36, 8,541 × 100 ft, asphalt

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.