Cessna 182P N8243M

Summary

On 28 July 2025 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N8243M was involved in an accident near Bolivar, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

28 July 2025 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Bolivar, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

37.5999, -93.3512

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N8243M

Category

Airplane

Year built

1976

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

CEN25LA295

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On July 28, 2025, at about 1800 central daylight time, a Cessna 182P, N8243M, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Bolivar, Missouri. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that when he advanced the throttle to initiate a taxi away from his hangar, he heard a loud popping sound immediately followed by flames both inside and outside the engine cowling. The pilot quickly closed the fuel shut-off valve, turned the master switch to the off position, and exited towards his nearby vehicle. The airplane was fully engulfed in fire by the time the pilot returned with a fire extinguisher from his vehicle. Postaccident examination revealed an engine fuel primer line melted and fused to the alternator output wire (see Figure 1). Figure 1. Engine Fuel Primer Line (upper) and Alternator Positive Cable (lower) The airplane and associated components were retained for further examination.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.