# Accident 20250704009809A: Cessna 182B, Belen, NM, July 4, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2025, 09:00 local time
- Place: Belen, NM
- Airport: Belen Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6459° N, 106.8363° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6459&lon=-106.8363&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7166E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7166E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 427 total, 26 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA207) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250704009809A

## Narrative

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

THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 07/04/2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 DURING A SIGHTSEEING PLEASURE FLIGHT IN A CESSNA 182B AT KBRG AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT FLYING THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THAT ON TAKEOFF THE AIRSPEED WAS READING LOW. THE PILOT WENT FOR A FLIGHT, TAKING TWO PASSENGERS WITH HER IN A SKYLANE 182B. THIS AIRCRAFT IS TYPICALLY USED FOR SKYDIVING OPERATIONS, BUT WE WERE WAITING ON THE TANDEM INSTRUCTOR, SO THEY WENT FOR A FLIGHT WHILE THEY WAITED. THIS FLIGHT WAS NOT FOR SKYDIVING OPERATIONS, AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT BE OPEN AT ANY POINT, SO NO PARACHUTES WERE WORN. PASSENGERS WERE WEARING SEATBELTS SEATED ON THE FLOOR. THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND ROTATED AT 40 KNOTS. IT TYPICALLY ROTATES AT 60 KNOTS. THE PILOT'S PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT INDICATED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO GROUND EFFECT.  THE PILOT CONTINUED TO WATCH THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR AND COULD FEEL THE AIRPLANE SPEEDING UP AND ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB. THE PILOT THEN CONCLUDED THERE MUST BE AN ISSUE WITH THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT DECIDED THE SAFEST OPTION WAS TO GO AROUND IN THE PATTERN. THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED TO PATTERN ALTITUDE QUICKLY WITH THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR SHOWING 40 KNOTS. ON THE DOWNWIND, THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR SHOWED AN INCREASE TO 60 KNOTS. WHEN THE PILOT TURNED BASE, SHE SLOWED THE AIRPLANE

UNTIL THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR SHOWED 40 KNOTS AGAIN. AS THE PILOT WAS COMING IN, SHE COULD FEEL SHE WAS COMING IN FAST. THE PILOT CHOSE TO COME IN AT WHAT FELT LIKE A

FASTER SPEED AS SHE DID NOT WANT TO RISK STALLING AT A LOW ALTITUDE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL

FLARE ON LANDING BUT HAD MORE OF A FLAT LANDING AND BOUNCED BACK IN THE AIR. THE AIRPLANE CAME DOWN HARD AFTER THE BOUNCE, HAD A PROP STRIKE, AND BOUNCED AGAIN. THIS RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE THAT BUCKLED THE FIREWALL AND PAST THE FIREWALL TO THE FUEL SELECTOR STRUCTURE AND PILOT SEAT CAUSING THE PILOT TO NOT BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY USE THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL, SO SHE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE AIRPLANE CLEAR OF THE

ACTIVE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ANNOUNCED HER POSITION OVER THE UNICOM AND SHUT DOWN THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

CONDUCTED A PITOT SYSTEM TEST AT THE REQUEST OF THE NTSB AND FOUND THE PITOT TUBE PLUGGED. THE PITOT TUBE WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND SENT TO THE NTSB.

## 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 WPR25LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA207), Jul 4, 2025: Cessna 182B (N7166E), Belen, NM, 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.

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