- Date
- September 13, 2026, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- San Luis Obispo, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4617WCessna P210N
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 203807
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 September 13, 2026, about 1515 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna P210N airplane, N4617W, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near San Luis Obispo, California. The pilot, pilot-rated-passenger, and a passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that the flight originated from Van Nuys Airport (VNY) Van Nuys, California and was destined for San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP) San Luis Obispo, California, where the pilot planned to conduct a practice area navigation (RNAV) GPS runway 29 approach. After the airplane touched down on the runway, the main landing gear collapsed; the left elevator and horizontal stabilizer were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that, when he extended the landing gear, he saw that the green landing gear advisory light was illuminated and the main landing gear was moving. The airplane came to rest upright on the runway. The main landing gear was partially extended, and the nose gear remained down and locked. The airplane was recovered to a secure location 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
- N4617W
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000623
- Built
- 1980
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SBP · San Luis Obispo County, runway 29, 6,101 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Handheld GPS, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot
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
- 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles