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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182P · Mineral Wells, TX · June 8, 2025

Date
June 8, 2025 · 17:40 local
Place
Mineral Wells, TX
Airport
Mineral Wells Regional
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7376N
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN25LA199
Reported as
Cessna 182P
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total212 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Aircraft experianced an engine power loss during climb out at approximately 200 feet AGL. Pilot appears to have turned to approximately 230 degrees near the end of runway 13 and lost altitude impacting the ground approximately 360 feet from runway 13. Right landing gear and nose gear appeared to impact the ground initially as evidenced from the ground scarring observed. The nose gear was pushed up and aft into the firewall and the right landing gear was broke near the axel. The right wheel and axel assembly were detached from the aircraft apparently from impacting the terrain. The aircraft continued on the ground approximately 150 feet and came to rest facing approximately 290 degrees.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT EXPERIANCED AN ENGINE POWER LOSS DURING CLIMB OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL. PILOT APPEARS TO HAVE TURNED TO APPROXIMATELY 230 DEGREES NEAR THE END OF RUNWAY 13 AND LOST ALTITUDE IMPACTING THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 360 FEET FROM RUNWAY 13. RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO IMPACT THE GROUND INITIALLY AS EVIDENCED FROM THE GROUND SCARRING OBSERVED. THE NOSE GEAR WAS PUSHED UP AND AFT INTO THE FIREWALL AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR WAS BROKE NEAR THE AXEL. THE RIGHT WHEEL AND AXEL ASSEMBLY WERE DETACHED FROM THE AIRCRAFT APPARENTLY FROM IMPACTING THE TERRAIN. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AND CAME TO REST FACING APPROXIMATELY 290 DEGREES.

NTSB investigation

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