Thursday, June 25, 2026

Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP, N955JA, incident occurred on June 21, 2026, at Meadows Field Airport (BFL/KBFL), Bakersfield, California

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this writing will be corrected when/if the NTSB preliminary report is released.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N955JA

- History of Flight:
On June 21, 2026, at about 1106 local time, a Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP, N955JA, registered to Aero Equities LLC, sustained minor damage when it suffered a tailstrike during an intersection takeoff from 30R at Meadows Field Airport (BFL/KBFL), Bakersfield, California. There were no injuries.

ADS-B data shows that the airplane taxied from the ramp to the runway via taxiway D and started its takeoff roll. The airplane reached about 50 knots groundspeed before it aborted the takeoff.

Figure 1: ADS-B exchange data

- Weather:

METAR KBFL 211754Z 28005KT 10SM CLR 25/12 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP112 T02500122 10250 20167 58005

METAR KBFL 211854Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 27/12 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP109 T02670122

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