Cessna TR182 accident near San Diego, California, August 12, 2025
On August 12, 2025 at about 8:30 pm local time, a 1979 Cessna TR182, registered N619MW, was substantially damaged in an accident near San Diego, California (Montgomery-Gibbs Exec airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 12, 2025 · about 8:30 pm local time
- Place
- San Diego, California · Montgomery-Gibbs Exec · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna TR182, built 1979 · all TR182s on the register
- Registration
- N619MW · registry record · serial R18200993
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
On August 12, 2025, about 1330 Pacific daylight time, Cessna TR182 airplane, N619MW, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near San Diego, California. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that shortly after reaching the top of his climb he noticed that the airplane was not accelerating. He cancelled his instrument flight plan and decided to return to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport (MYF), San Diego, California, where he had departed from moments earlier. During the descent, the landing gear was lowered and there was no positive gear down indication. The pilot then declared an emergency with air traffic control. He contacted the tower at MYF and performed two low-pass fly-bys at which time the tower controller noted that the nose landing gear was extended and the main landing gear was retracted. The pilot made multiple attempts to lower the landing gear without success including the use of the emergency gear extension handle. During landing, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left horizontal stabilizer. According to the FAA, local mechanics discovered that the airplane’s hydraulic system was devoid of hydraulic fluid. In addition, they found the landing gear down position hydraulic fluid pressure hose had failed at the swedge near the fitting end. The wreckage was relocated to a secure facility for further examination.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- 552094 during descent - emergency
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 3,321 hours
- Last inspection: type not recorded, January 10, 2025; 161 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 3,100 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: retractable
- Operating certificate: in the vicinity
The flight
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 05/2, 3,400 ft by 75 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 73°C, dew point 61°C
- Altimeter: 29.950001 inHg
- Observation at 12:53 pm from KMYF
Weather report (METAR): KMYF 121953Z 20009KT 10SM CLR 23/16 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP137 T02280156=
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number WPR25LA266.