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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 180 · Medford, OR · September 19, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
September 19, 2026, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
Place
Medford, OR · Airport - runway
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N4722BCessna 180
Defining event
Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Western Pacific Region
Parties
Federal Aviation Administration
Case key
203857

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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
N4722B
Reported as
Cessna 180
Category
Airplane
Serial number
31620
Built
1955
Airframe hours
6,565.1
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · August 21, 2026 · 4.4 hours before
Departed
OR06 · White City, OR
Destination
MFR · Medford, OR
Flight plan
VFR
Airport
MFR · Rogue Valley Intl/Medford, runway 32, 8,800 × 150 ft, concrete
Equipment
ADS-B, Handheld GPS, Stall warning system

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
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
73 °F, dew point 46 °F
Altimeter
30.05 inHg
Observed at
KMFR
METAR
METAR KMFR 191953Z 25004KT 10SM CLR 23/08 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02330078

Other investigations on N4722B · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.