WPR27LA026

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 182N · Santa Maria, CA · October 28, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
October 28, 2026, 12:09 local (19:09 UTC)
Place
Santa Maria, CA
Injuries
2 uninjured
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N442RACessna 182N
Defining event
Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 3
NTSB office
Western Pacific Region
Case key
204101

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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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
N442RA
Reported as
Cessna 182N
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
King Air Properties LLC
Registered owner
King Air Properties LLC
Equipment
ADS-B, 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

Wind
240° at 3 knots