Lancair LEGACY 2000 N84BZ

Summary

On 16 June 2026 at about 16:06 local time, a Lancair LEGACY 2000 registered N84BZ was involved in an accident near Los Angeles, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

16 June 2026 at 16:06

Classification

Accident

Location

Los Angeles, California, United States

Nearest airport

Whiteman (WHP)

Coordinates

34.2585, -118.4112

Aircraft

Lancair LEGACY 2000

Registration

N84BZ

Category

Airplane

Year built

2002

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake Havasu City → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR26LA228

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On June 16, 2026, about 0906 Pacific daylight time, an experimental amateur built Lancair Legacy 2000, N84BZ, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Los Angeles, California. The pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The airplane departed Lake Havasu City (HII) about 1 hour prior, following a route the pilot had taken multiple times before. He reported that the flight was operating under visual flight rules, and while descending into the Los Angeles Basin he encountered low cloud bases. He stated that the weather encounter increased his workload, and as he approached Whiteman Airport (WHP) he extended the landing gear and flaps at the same time, as part of his normal landing procedures, but he did not check the landing gear status lights. Just before touchdown, the tower controller transmitted to the pilot that the landing gear was still retracted. The pilot reached up to the landing gear switch and found that it was in the down position, but the landing gear status lights were not green. The pilot stated that he then applied full engine power to go-around, but the flaps had already struck the ground and were damaged such that they impinged aileron movement. Unable to maintain roll control, the airplane struck the airport boundary fence and came to rest in an adjacent airport parking lot. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the forward fuselage during the accident sequence. The airplane was recovered to a secure location for further examination.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.