# Accident 20250503006499A: Cessna 182P, Kentwood, LA, May 3, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2025, 07:41 local time
- Place: Kentwood, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9575° N, 90.5458° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9575&lon=-90.5458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9415M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9415M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250503006499A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STARTED HIS TAKE-OFF. AIRCRAFT CLIMBED NORMALLY AS HE CLEARED THE TREES. BEGAN A LEFT TURN TO REVERSE COURSE TO L39 THE NOSE ROSE SHARPLY. PILOT TRIED TO COUNTER PITCH BY PUSHING FORWARD ON THE YOKE WHILEROLLING THE TRIM WHEEL NOSE DOWN. DESPITE EFFORT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THE UNCOMMANDED PITCH UP. DESPITE EFFORTS TO LEVEL AIRCRAFT. THE STALL HORN SOUNDED PULLED POWER TO ATTEMPT LANDED. THE NEXT THING REMEMBERED IS HEARING RESCUE WORKERS.

## 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 CEN25LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA169), May 3, 2025: Cessna 182P (N9415M), Kentwood, LA, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.