# NTSB WPR25LA193: Cessna 182F, N3608U, Nephi, UT, June 29, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: June 29, 2025, 13:20 local (19:20 UTC) - Place: Nephi, UT - Coordinates: 39.736772, -111.86897 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7368&lon=-111.8690&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 2, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 200426 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA193 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200426/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200426 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA193 ## Probable cause A failure of the nose wheel steering shaft and subsequent rotation of the nosewheel which resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear during landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Landing gear system: landing gear steering system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023250): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Failure (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023250/cases.md?model=2072714), [All aircraft, 32 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023250/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182F, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2072714), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was conducting glider tow operations and returned to land to pick up another glider. He reported that as soon as he touched down and lowered the nosewheel to the runway the nose gear collapsed. The firewall and lower fuselage were substantially damaged. A witness observed the landing and noted that the nose wheel was turned 90° when the airplane touched down. The pilot examined the airplane, and the nose wheel steering shaft was found fractured. The fractured steering shaft would have allowed the nose wheel to turn sideways prior to landing. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3608U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3608U), registered now, S/N 18255008, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F - Registry model: [Cessna 182F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (registry code 2072714) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18255008 - Year built: 1963 - Airframe hours: 6133 - Engines: Continental O470-50 260 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Glider tow, Part 91 - Registered owner: Kg Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 2025 - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: U14, Nephi Muni, runway 17/35, 6,300 × 100 ft, dirt - Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 68; injuries: none; commercial, private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review January 10, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 4,173 total, 2,226 in this make and model, 4,079 as pilot in command, 43 in the last 90 days, 22 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 30.15 inHg - Observed at: KPVU, 30 nm away - METAR: KPVU 291756Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 27/08 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02720078 10278 20178 56005 ## 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 20250629017949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250629017949A), Jun 29, 2025: Cessna 182F, Nephi, UT, Substantial damage. On June 29, 2025, N3608U lost control after touchdown while landing at U14, Nephi Municipal Airport, when the nosegear collapsed upon contacting the surface of… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 2, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200426. 3.2 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19092383&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120.1%20Pilot_Operator%20Aircraft%20Accident_Incident%20Report_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Witness statements (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 45 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19092393&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Witness%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Mor - wreckage examination (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19095065&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20-%20Wreckage%20Examination-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 4, PDF, 4 pages, 3 photos, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19094202&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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