Cessna 182 N628FN

Summary

On 31 August 2025 at about 14:45 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N628FN, operated by Steven Immerman, was involved in an accident near Lebanon, Ohio, United States. 4 people were 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

31 August 2025 at 14:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Lebanon, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Warren County/John Lane Fld (I68)

Coordinates

39.4615, -84.2541

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N628FN

Category

Airplane

Year built

1998

Engines

1

Operator

Steven Immerman

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Indianapolis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA25LA325

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a sign.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was preparing to depart for a personal flight but had not correctly set the airplane’s flaps for takeoff. During the takeoff the pilot rotated the airplane, but it would not climb due to the incorrect flap setting and it remained in ground effect. The airplane drifted off the side of the runway in the prevailing crosswind and struck a taxiway sign with the left main landing gear and empennage, which resulted in substantial damage to the left horizontal stabilizer. The pilot subsequently landed the airplane in a field that was off to the side of the runway uneventfully.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.