# NTSB ERA25LA209: Cessna 182, N1298M, Montgomery, AL, May 22, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: May 22, 2025, 07:35 local (12:35 UTC) - Place: Montgomery, AL - Coordinates: 32.300742, -86.391276 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3007&lon=-86.3913&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Taxi-from runway: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 14, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200198 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA209 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200198/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200198 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA209 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from a fence during taxi. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182P, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 559 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: fence/fence post](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Awareness of condition (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182P, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/cases.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 313 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Taxi-from runway: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182P, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md) ## Analysis After landing at the destination airport, the pilot was taxiing to the parking area. He stated that as he approached the parking spot, he taxied too close to the airport parameter fence, and the left wing contacted the fence resulting in substantial damage to left wing and aileron. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1298M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1298M), registered now, S/N 18264280, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (P) - Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18264280 - Year built: 1975 - Airframe hours: 11906 - Engines: Continental O-470-S1 200 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 5, 2024 - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: MGM, Montgomery Rgnl (Dannelly Fld) - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 54; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 18, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 276 total, 23 in this make and model, 218 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 30.08 inHg - Observed at: MGM, 1 nm away - METAR: KMGM 221253Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP182 T02110167 ## 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 20250522009379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250522009379A), May 22, 2025: Cessna 182P, Montgomery, AL, Substantial damage. Landing at Montgomery, AL after an uneventful flight, PIC taxied to parking on the ramp of local FBO. While turning into the parking location, the left wing… ## Other investigations on N1298M (2) 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 SEA07CA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA225), Aug 10, 2007: Cessna 182P (N1298M), Bremerton, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during the landing flare. A factor was the encounter of the stall and subsequent hard landing. - [NTSB SEA00IA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00IA069), Apr 11, 2000: Cessna 182P (N1298M), Tacoma, WA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: Flap attachment failure. Restricted movement of the aileron was a factor. ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 14, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200198. 3.2 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18825123&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 104 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18825437&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MEMORANDUM%20FOR%20RECORD-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18827359&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.