Cessna 182L N42725

Summary

On 27 July 2025 at about 01:50 local time, a Cessna 182L registered N42725 was involved in an accident near Tucson Estates, Arizona, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 July 2025 at 01:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Tucson Estates, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Ryan Field Airport (RYN)

Coordinates

32.1422, -111.1746

Aircraft

Cessna 182L

Registration

N42725

Category

Airplane

Year built

1968

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR25LA226

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s inability to stop the airplane on the runway during a rejected takeoff for undetermined reasons, which resulted in the airplane’s impact with a ditch.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he performed a preflight inspection and engine run and noted no defects with the airplane’s brakes or flight instruments. When the airplane was about halfway down the runway during the takeoff roll, the pilot saw that the airspeed indicator was not functioning and decided to abort the takeoff. The pilot moved the throttle to idle and applied the brakes, but the airplane did not slow as expected, and the airplane continued to roll to the end of the runway. Despite maximum braking efforts, the airplane overran the end of the runway and impacted a drainage culvert. The pilot and passengers exited the airplane before it was destroyed by a postcrash fire that originated from the engine area. Though the pilot reported malfunctions of the airspeed indicator and brakes, the postcrash fire destroyed most of the airplane, and precluded an examination of these systems. As a result, the reasons for the reported failure of the airspeed indicator and brakes could not be determined based on the available evidence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.