# Accident 20250830020349A: Cessna 182M, Kanab, UT, August 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2025, 07:00 local time
- Place: Kanab, UT
- Airport: Kanab Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0095° N, 112.5293° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0095&lon=-112.5293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71331, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71331) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182M (registry code 2072728, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,100 total, 20 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250830020349A

## Narrative

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

ON 08/30/2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 LCL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CESSNA 182M LOST CONTROL UPON TOUCHDOWN AT KKNB AIRPORT IN KANAB, UT, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. THE PILOT CITED HIS LACK OF PROFICIENCY IN THE AIRCRAFT MIXED WITH HIS FATIGUE AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE INCIDENT. HE SAID THAT UPON TOUCHING DOWN AT KKNB, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND ON THE SUBSEQUENT LANDING THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NOSE FIRST, WHICH CAUSED A PROP STRIKE. LEADING UP TO THE LOSS OF CONTROL UPON TOUCHDOWN, EVERYTHING MECHANICALLY AND OPERATIONALLY WAS NORMAL. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED THE PROPELLER BECOMING BENT, WHICH REQUIRED ENGINE REMOVAL AND INSPECTION BY LYCOMING. THE FRONT END OF THE NOSE GEAR BENT BACK TO THE POINT WHERE IT CONTACTED AND BENT THE FIREWALL CAUSING SERIOUS AIRFRAME DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC25LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA115), Aug 30, 2025: Cessna 182M (N71331), Kanab, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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