# Accident 20250629017949A: Cessna 182F, Nephi, UT, June 29, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2025, 13:29 local time
- Place: Nephi, UT
- Airport: Nephi Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7368° N, 111.8690° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7368&lon=-111.8690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3608U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3608U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,172 total, 2,225 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250629017949A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR25LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA193), Jun 29, 2025: Cessna 182F (N3608U), Nephi, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: A 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.

## Other reports on N3608U (1)

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

- [Incident 19831127073139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831127073139I), Nov 27, 1983: Cessna 182 (N3608U), Washington, PA, Minor damage. Aircraft struck a deer on the landing rollout. One of four deer that ran onto runway. A fence is being erected.

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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