# NTSB ANC26LA096: Cessna R182, N6346T, Lebanon, TN, September 1, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 1, 2026, 18:17 local (23:17 UTC)
- Place: Lebanon, TN
- Location: 36.2081° N, 86.2911° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lebanon, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2081&lon=-86.2911&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203728
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC26LA096
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203728/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA096

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna R182, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=2072734), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6346T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6346T), registered now, S/N R18201989, built 1984 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Flight: Personal, Part 91

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Observed at: 15 nm away

## 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 20260901012009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260901012009A), Sep 1, 2026: Cessna R182, Lebanon, TN, Destroyed. On September 1, 2026, [privacy data omitted], a Cessna R182, [privacy data omitted], was involved in an accident near Lebanon, Tennessee, with one person on…

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.

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