Cessna 120 N89885 accident near Death Valley, California, October 24, 2026
Cessna 120, registration N89885, operated by MINIWAGON LLC, was involved in an accident near Death Valley, California on October 24, 2026. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as minor, with 1 people on board. Case WPR27LA023 is in work.
No ADS-B flight path was recorded for this flight, which is common for light aircraft flying low or without ADS-B Out, so there is no replay.
The aircraft is a Cessna 120 registered in United States (Mode S AC669A).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- October 24, 2026
- Location
- Death Valley, California
- Aircraft
- Cessna 120
- Registration
- N89885
- Operator
- MINIWAGON LLC
- Injuries
- Minor (1 on board)
- NTSB case
- WPR27LA023 (In work)
- Recorded flight
- No ADS-B track
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Sources: NTSB case WPR27LA023; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.