# NTSB WPR26LA351: Cessna 180, N4722B, Medford, OR, September 19, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 19, 2026, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Medford, OR · Airport - runway
- Coordinates: 42.374965, -122.87328
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3750&lon=-122.8733&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203857
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA351
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203857/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA351

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 180, 29 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072602), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4722B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4722B), registered now, S/N 31620, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31620
- Year built: 1955
- Airframe hours: 6565.1
- 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

## 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)

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.

- [NTSB WPR24LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA209), Jun 22, 2024: Cessna 180 (N4722B), Chamberlain Guard Station, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff which resulted in a collision with a rodent hole and subsequent nose over.

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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