Cessna R182 N9054C

Summary

On 5 November 2025 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna R182 registered N9054C was involved in an accident near Brainerd, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 November 2025 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Brainerd, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Brainerd Lakes Rgnl (BRD)

Coordinates

46.4042, -94.1338

Aircraft

Cessna R182

Registration

N9054C

Category

Airplane

Year built

1978

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brainerd → Brainerd

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN26LA038

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to extended to landing gear before landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was completing a local flight and was practicing an instrument approach. During the approach he observed several birds in his intended flight path, which distracted him multiple times, and he forgot to extend the landing gear. Due to the distraction, he also did not notice the landing gear warning horn. The airplane landed with the gear retracted and came to rest upright on the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.