# Accident 20250403004519A: Cessna 182P, Sanford, FL, April 3, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2025, 13:08 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7812° N, 81.2524° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7812&lon=-81.2524&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1910M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1910M) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 3,100 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250403004519A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATES THAT HE HAD INTENDED TO LAND IN LAKELAND (LAL) FOR THE ANNUAL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^EVENT, DUE TO FREQUENT FIELD CLOSURES, HE ENTERED INTO A HOLD AND EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCED SITUATIONAL CONFUSION AND CLAIMS THAT A GUST OF WIND TOOK THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE AIR CAUSING THE VESSEL TO CRASH IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, DAMAGING THE PROPELLOR AND NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT WAS THEN RESCUED AND TRANSPORTED TO A MEDICAL FACILITY FOR EVALUATION WHERE HE LEARNED THAT HE LANDED IN SANFORD (SFB).

## 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 ERA25LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA166), Apr 3, 2025: Cessna 182 (N1910M), Sanford, FL, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

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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