# NTSB ERA25LA362: Cessna 182F, N3192U, Williamsburg, VA, September 22, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: September 22, 2025, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Williamsburg, VA
- Coordinates: 37.34145, -76.752122 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3415&lon=-76.7521&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201069
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA362
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201069/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA362

## Preliminary report

On September 22, 2025, about 1730 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182F, N3192U, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Williamsburg, Virginia. The airline transport pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that, shortly after departure from Waltrip Williamsburg Executive Airport (JGG), Williamsburg, Virginia while operating at 2,000 ft mean sea level, the engine “stumbled” and lost all power. According to the pilot, he heard what sounded like a “crunching noise” that coincided with the loss of engine power. The pilot attempted to return to the departure airport but noted that the airplane was too far away to reach the runway. The pilot attempts to restore engine power were unsuccessful, and he performed a forced landing to a field. The airplane touched down in a recently harvested corn field. The pilot was unable to stop the airplane before it overran the field, impacted a tree and flipped over. The impact resulted in substantial damage to the wings and fuselage; the right wing was impact separated mid span and there were numerous buckles in the airframe. The pilot reported that the airplane departed JGG with about 60 gallons of aviation fuel on board. Initial examination of the engine at the accident site by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the propeller could be rotated partially but was unable to complete a full 360° of rotation. There was oil on the underside of the engine compartment, but no oil was observed on the belly of the fuselage, and there was no visible damage to the engine. The airplane was retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182F, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=2072714), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Cessna 182F, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=2072714), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3192U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3192U), registered now, S/N 18254592, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Registry model: [Cessna 182F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (registry code 2072714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254592
- Year built: 1962
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Colonial Aviators LLC
- Registered owner: Colonial Aviators LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: JGG, Williamsburg, VA
- Destination: YFJ, West Point, VA

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.06 inHg
- Observed at: FYJ, 11 nm away
- METAR: METAR KFYJ 222055Z AUTO 10SM CLR 26/16 A3006 RMK AO1 T02580164=

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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