# NTSB WPR27LA026: Cessna 182N, N442RA, Santa Maria, CA, October 28, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: October 28, 2026, 12:09 local (19:09 UTC)
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- NTSB case key (mKey): 204101
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR27LA026
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/204101/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR27LA026

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182N, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2072730), [All aircraft, 1,790 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N442RA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N442RA), registered now, S/N 18260739, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Registry model: [Cessna 182N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (registry code 2072730) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: King Air Properties LLC
- Registered owner: King Air Properties LLC
- Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system

## Weather

- Wind: 240° at 3 knots

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.