20250629017949A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182F · Nephi, UT · June 29, 2025

Date: June 29, 2025 · 13:29 local
Place: Nephi, UT
Airport: Nephi Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N3608U
NTSB investigation: NTSBWPR25LA193
Reported as: Cessna 182F
Reported engine: Continental I0-470 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,172 total2,225 in this make and model42 in the last 90 days

N3608URegistered now · Cessna 182FS/N 18255008 · Built 1963 Airframe modelCessna 182F Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

On June 29, 2025, N3608U lost control after touchdown while landing at U14, Nephi Municipal Airport, when the nosegear collapsed upon contacting the surface of the runway. The nose gear collapse led to a prop strike and the nose gear was torn from the firewall. The steering rod spring disengageed, causing firewall damage. No reported injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 29, 2025, N3608U LOST CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN WHILE LANDING AT U14, NEPHI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, WHEN THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED UPON CONTACTING THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE LED TO A PROP STRIKE AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS TORN FROM THE FIREWALL. THE STEERING ROD SPRING DISENGAGEED, CAUSING FIREWALL DAMAGE. NO REPORTED INJURIES.

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 WPR25LA193Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportNephi, UTA failure of the nose wheel steering shaft and subsequent rotation of the nosewheel which resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear during landing.Jun 29, 2025 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N3608U · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19831127073139IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Washington, PAAircraft struck a deer on the landing rollout. One of four deer that ran onto runway. A fence is being erected.Nov 27, 1983 · Minor damage