# Accident 20250117000719A: Cessna 182P, Smyrna, TN, January 17, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2025, 22:30 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Airport: Smyrna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0154° N, 86.5260° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0154&lon=-86.5260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21254, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21254) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 599 total, 72 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250117000719A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON 1/17/2025, PIC WAS ON APPROACH INTO SMYRNA (KMQY) FOR A VISUAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 14.  DURING APPROACH AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES ON APPROACH END OF RUNWAY.  LANDED SUCCESSFULLY AND TAXIED TO RAMP. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA25LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA104), Jan 17, 2025: Cessna 182 (N21254), Smyrna, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain an appropriate approach path, resulting in the airplane contacting a tree during a landing approach at night.

## Other reports on N21254 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820731067519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820731067519I), Jul 31, 1982: Cessna 182P (N21254), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. Aircraft was ditched in lake when engine ran rough and lost power on low slow approach. Possible carburetor ice.
- [Incident 19790220007169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790220007169I), Feb 20, 1979: Cessna 182P (N21254), Daytona Beach, FL. While being vectored to airport aircraft ran out of gas.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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