# Accident 20250909017699A: Cessna 182T, Seymour, IN, September 9, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2025, 10:45 local time
- Place: Seymour, IN
- Airport: Freeman Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9160° N, 85.9111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9160&lon=-85.9111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N357CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N357CP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA372) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250909017699A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT FREEMAN FLYING FIELD, SEYMOUR, IN (KSER) TO DEMONSTRATE LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 05. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE SECOND ITERATION IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY CORRESPONDING WITH THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT BEGIN APPROXIMATELY 1,345 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 05 AND SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE. SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY ARE NOT VISIBLE FOR 200 FEET FURTHER BEFORE ALL THREE LANDING GEAR SKID MARKS SHOW ON THE RUNWAY CORRELATING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AT TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AT A HEADING OF 025 DEGREES 1,600 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNDAY 05. AT 150 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND 1750 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD, THE NOSE GEAR SEPARETED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE FROM THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND CONTINUED ON A PATH OF A HEADING OF 010 DEGREES. GROUND SCARING SHOWS THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND NINE TIMES. BOTH WING TIPS STRUCK THE GROUND INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST AT A HEADING OF 300 DEGREES. THE PROPELLER CONDITION IS CONSISTENT WITH LOW ENGINE POWER CONSISTENT WITH A LANDING. THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED IN A LANDING CONFIGURATION.

## 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 CEN25LA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA372), Sep 9, 2025: Cessna 182T (N357CP), Seymour, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s improper landing flare which resulted in a bounced landing and loss of control.

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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