- Date
- October 7, 2026, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Petaluma, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N425DGGugger David RV-7A
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Aerodynamic stall/spin
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Case key
- 203963
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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
- N425DG
- Reported as
- Gugger David RV-7A
- Flight
- Part 91
N425DGRegistered now · Gugger David RV-7AAirframe modelGugger David RV-7AEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- 1 nm away