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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 425 · Lee'S Summit, MO · August 4, 2025

Date
August 4, 2025 · 14:10 local
Place
Lee'S Summit, MO
Airport
Lee'S Summit Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N441CR
Reported as
Cessna 425
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,550 total

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.

Upon touchdown, the pilot stated the aircraft's main landing gear encountered a loss of horizontal control, resulting in an uncommanded right yaw and deviation from the runway centerline. During this deviation, the right propeller assembly collided with a runway light, causing damage to one of the three propeller blades on the right-side assembly. The pilot successfully brought the aircraft to a complete stop using engine power control. A post-flight inspection revealed a flat tire on the right main landing gear; however, there were no skid marks on the runway, nor were there visible indications of flat spots or other evidence to clearly assess the cause of the tire failure.

As the FAA filed it

UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT'S MAIN LANDING GEAR ENCOUNTERED A LOSS OF HORIZONTAL CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN UNCOMMANDED RIGHT YAW AND DEVIATION FROM THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. DURING THIS DEVIATION, THE RIGHT PROPELLER ASSEMBLY COLLIDED WITH A RUNWAY LIGHT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO ONE OF THE THREE PROPELLER BLADES ON THE RIGHT-SIDE ASSEMBLY. THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A COMPLETE STOP USING ENGINE POWER CONTROL. A POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED A FLAT TIRE ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR; HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY, NOR WERE THERE VISIBLE INDICATIONS OF FLAT SPOTS OR OTHER EVIDENCE TO CLEARLY ASSESS THE CAUSE OF THE TIRE FAILURE.