# Accident 20250819014529A: Cessna 182P, Edgartown, MA, August 19, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2025, 15:15 local time
- Place: Edgartown, MA
- Airport: Katama Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3585° N, 70.5245° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3585&lon=-70.5245&mi=10
- Aircraft: N691DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N691DM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470R (registry code 17071, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470-S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 164 total, 55 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA322) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250819014529A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 19, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1515 EASTERN TIME, A CESSNA 182P, WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT AT 1B2 KATAMA AIRPARK IN EDGARTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. DURING DEPARTURE ROLL AT 1B2, PILOT STATED THEY EXPERIENCED PITCHING AND BOUNCING UP AND DOWN AND IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP FULL BACK PRESSURE ON THE YOKE. AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH, AIRCRAFT WEIGHT WAS STILL ON THE WHEELS. THE PILOT PULLED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. PILOT APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE EVENLY TO BOTH BRAKES AND FELT THE AIRPLANE SKID EVENLY ON THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED THEY INTENTIONALLY VEERED THE AIRCRAFT SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT TO AVOID A LARGE BUSH IN FRONT OF THEM AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A HALT NOSE DOWN ON THE NEAR SIDE OF A WIRE FENCE OF THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. PILOT’S STATEMENT INDICATES ENGINE RUN-UP CHECKS APPEARED NORMAL, ENGINE GAUGES WERE CONFIRMED NORMAL, AND BRAKES WORKED EQUALLY AND AS EXPECTED. POST ACCIDENT PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PILOTS STATEMENT INDICATE FLAPS WERE SET TO FULL UP POSITION FOR TAKEOFF.

## 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 ERA25LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA322), Aug 19, 2025: Cessna 182 (N691DM), Edgartown, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The accident was the pilot’s failure to properly configure the airplane for a soft-field takeoff, which resulted in his decision to abort the takeoff and the subsequent runway overrun.

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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