# Accident 20250418003479A: Cessna 180, Fremont, NE, April 18, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2025, 20:11 local time
- Place: Fremont, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4159° N, 96.5302° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4159&lon=-96.5302&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2908C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2908C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25FA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA157) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250418003479A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN25FA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA157), Apr 19, 2025: Cessna 180 (N2908C), Fremont, NE, substantial damage, 3 fatal, 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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