Cessna 182T accident near Armistead, CA
On May 7, 2026, a Cessna 182T (airplane) was involved in an accident near Armistead, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- May 7, 2026
- Place
- Armistead, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182T · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.500°N, 117.850°W
- NTSB ID
- 20260507202952
NTSB summary
On May 7, 2026, about 1055 pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna 182T airplane, N227TF, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Armistead, California. The flight instructor and the pilot receiving instruction were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. According to the flight school, Top Flight Aviation, the flight instructor, who was presumably seated in the right seat, and the pilot receiving instruction, who was presumably seated in the left seat, had planned to fly from the Corona Municipal Airport (AJO), Corona, California to the Inyokern Airport (IYK), Inyokern, California, then return to AJO before continuing on to Las Vegas, Nevada for an overnight stay. The purpose of the flight was for the pilot receiving instruction to build technically advanced aircraft (TAA) time in pursuit of a commercial pilot certificate. They had planned to accumulate 10 hours of TAA flight time over the course of two days. Figure 1 ADS-B Flight Path According to archived automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS B) data from OpsVue, FlightAware, and the Federal Aviation Administration, the airplane departed Inyokern Airport (IYK) about 1047. Data shows the airplane traveled southwest towards the El Paso Mountains for about 7 minutes before turning to fly up a steep, narrow canyon. The final available data point was located about a half mile northwest of the accident site at 1054. The altitude of the airplane at this data point was 3425 ft. The wreckage was located about 3771 ft in elevation on
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
