# Incident 20250705009729I: Cessna 182A, Waterville, ME, July 5, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2025, 13:12 local time
- Place: Waterville, ME
- Airport: Waterville Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5333° N, 69.6755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERVILLE RGNL (WVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5333&lon=-69.6755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4942D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4942D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250705009729I

## Narrative

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

AFTER CONDUCTING A NUMBER OF SKYDIVING PLATFORM FLIGHTS, THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 05 AT KWVL WITH A CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT. THE PILOT WAS IN THE HABIT OF ONLY EVER USING THE WING DOWN CROSSWIND LANDING TECHNIQUE. THE PILOT LANDED HARD ON THE INTO-WIND WHEEL, AND THE TIRE SUFFERED A BLOW-OUT AND IMMEDIATELY DEFLATED. THERE WAS NO DMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE TIRE WAS REINFLATED WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTIES.

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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