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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Fremont, NE · April 18, 2025

Date: April 18, 2025 · 20:11 local
Place: Fremont, NE
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N2908C
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN25FA157
Reported as: Cessna 180
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 3
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,300 total

N2908CRegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 30808 · Built 1954 Airframe modelCessna 180 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot and passengers departed Fremont municipal airport at approximatly 2000 CDT. Aircraft was flying west northwest above the platte river. Aircraft came in contact with power lines spanning the river. Aircraft sustained damage to vertical stabilizer and rudder, pilot lost control of aircraft, and crashed into river.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT AND PASSENGERS DEPARTED FREMONT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATLY 2000 CDT. AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING WEST NORTHWEST ABOVE THE PLATTE RIVER. AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH POWER LINES SPANNING THE RIVER. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER, PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT, AND CRASHED INTO RIVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN25FA157Accident · 3 fatalClass 3 · FieldPreliminary reportFremont, NEOn April 18, 2025, about 2011 central daylight time, a Cessna 180, N2908C, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Fremont, Nebraska. The pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The flight was conducted as a Title 14 Code of…Apr 19, 2025 · Substantial damage