# NTSB ANC25LA115: Cessna 182M, N71331, Kanab, UT, August 30, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 30, 2025, 07:00 local (13:00 UTC) - Place: Kanab, UT · runway/airport environment - Coordinates: 37.0095, -112.5293 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0095&lon=-112.5293&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 22, 2026 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 201755 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA115 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201755/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201755 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA115 ## Probable cause The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Aircraft capability](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceeded (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182M, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061000/cases.md?model=2072728), [All aircraft, 57 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061000/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182M, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072728), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182M, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072728), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182M, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=2072728), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182M, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072728), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the airplane owner, he had loaned the accident airplane to his brother-in-law, and the airplane had subsequently been returned to the owner. When the airplane was returned, the owner said he discovered that the propeller had damage that was consistent with a propeller strike. During a subsequent damage inspection of the airplane, maintenance personnel discovered substantial damage to the airplane’s fuselage and firewall that was consistent with a hard landing event. The owner then confronted the brother-in-law about the damage, and he confirmed that the damage occurred while he was operating the airplane but provided no further information concerning the accident. The owner reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Repeated attempts by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge to contact the accident pilot were unsuccessful, and he did not submit the required NTSB Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report Form 6120.1. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N71331](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71331), registered now, S/N 18259582, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M - Registry model: [Cessna 182M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (registry code 2072728) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18259582 - Year built: 1969 - Airframe hours: 4257 - Engines: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES 225 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 10, 2025, 30 hours before - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: KNB, Kanab Muni, runway 19, 6,200 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, Handheld GPS, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 78; injuries: none; commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 15,000 total, 15 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 32 °F - METAR: SA 30/08/2025 12:55-> METAR KAZC 301255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A3024 RMK AO2= ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20250830020349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250830020349A), Aug 30, 2025: Cessna 182M, Kanab, UT, Substantial damage. 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… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 22, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201755. 3.6 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 3.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19410022&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA115%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - No pilot 6120 (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19431861&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA115%20no%20pilot%206120-Rel.pdf - No photographs (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 61 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19410419&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA115%20No%20Photo-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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