Friday, July 17, 2026

Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign, N680UT, incident occurred on July 15, 2026, at Castle Airport (MER/KMER), Atwater, 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=N680UT

- History of Flight:
On July 15, 2026, at about 0929 local time, a Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign, N680UT, sustained unknown damage when it was involved in an incident at Castle Airport (MER/KMER), Atwater, California. The two pilots and five passengers were not injured. The on-demand flight originated from Bowman Field (LOU/KLOU), 
Louisville, Kentucky.

The FAA reported that the jet diverted to MER due to a hydraulic failure, landed and veered off runway.

ADS-B data shows that the airplane landed on runway 31 and went off the left side going about 49 knots groundspeed.



- Weather:

METAR KMCE 151553Z AUTO 31008KT 10SM CLR 29/09 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02940089

METAR KMCE 151653Z AUTO 31006KT 10SM CLR 32/09 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T03220089

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