# Accident 20251030020329A: Cessna 182H, Lakeview, AR, October 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2025, 16:11 local time
- Place: Lakeview, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3508° N, 92.5501° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3508&lon=-92.5501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2040X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2040X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 670 total, 571 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251030020329A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 24 AT 3M0 THE

PILOT REALIZED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO LOW. HE ADDED POWER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT GAIN ALTITUDE.  IT STRUCK THE SLOPE BELOW THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO FLEX DOWNWARD, BENDING THE WING SPAR OUTBOARD OF THE WING STRUT. THE WING TIP DID NOT STRIKE THE GROUND. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND BOTH BLADES WERE BENT BACK TOWARDS THE CABIN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE GEAR STRUT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL, ADJACENT FRAMES, AND CONNECTING SKINS.

## 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 CEN26LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA033), Oct 30, 2025: Cessna 182H (N2040X), Lakeview, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper approach path during landing which resulted in a collision with terrain short of the runway. Contributing to the accident was the improper flap position…

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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