# NTSB ERA26LA351: Cessna 182S, N9539L, St. Petersburg, FL, September 25, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 25, 2026, 06:50 local (10:50 UTC)
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Coordinates: 27.765114, -82.62694
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203894
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA351
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203894/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA351

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182S, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072701), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9539L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9539L), registered now, S/N 18280185, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182S
- Registry model: [Cessna 182S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182s) (registry code 2072701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-A1A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1a) (registry code 41818, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18280185
- Year built: 1998
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: St Pete Aviation Services LLC
- Registered owner: St Pete Aviation Services LLC
- Destination: PIE, Clearwater, FL
- Airport: SPG, Albert Whitted

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Observed at: KSPG
- METAR: METAR KSPG 251053Z 03012KT 10SM OVC015 23/20 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02280200

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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