# NTSB Accident ERA26LA009
> **CESSNA 182H** · 2025-10-04 · Smithfield, RI, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA26LA009
- **Event ID:** 20251009201820
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2025-10-04
- **Location:** Smithfield, RI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.921087, -71.489351
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 182H
- **Registration:** N1998X
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Maintenance personnel’s improper rigging of the elevator trim system, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing was the maintenance personnel and pilot’s failure to perform adequate post maintenance/preflight inspections.

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