Cessna 182Q N4953N

Summary

On 26 June 2025 at about 13:30 local time, a Cessna 182Q registered N4953N was involved in an accident near Nahunta, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

26 June 2025 at 13:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Nahunta, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Brantley County (4J1)

Coordinates

31.2061, -81.9060

Aircraft

Cessna 182Q

Registration

N4953N

Category

Airplane

Year built

1980

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Dublin

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA25LA242

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 June 26, 2025, at about 09:30 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182Q, N4953N, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Nahunta, Georgia. The private pilot was uninjured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, the airplane had just undergone extensive maintenance in Sylacauga, Alabama, and he was planning to take the airplane to the W H 'Bud' Barron Airport (DBN), Dublin, Georgia. The pilot stopped at the Brantley County Airport (4J1), Nahunta, Georgia, on June 24, 2025, and the airplane remained parked until the day of the accident. The pilot reported that he performed a preflight inspection followed by a normal start of the engine. He allowed the engine to warm up and performed a magneto drop and propeller governor check. Shortly thereafter, a fire suddenly came up from the floor around the rudder pedals. The pilot exited the airplane and unsuccessfully attempted to extinguish the fire with a handheld fire extinguisher. The fire consumed most of the fuselage and the right wing, and the left wing was thermally damaged at the wing root. The wreckage was retained for further examination.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.