# Incident 20251002020189I: Cessna A185F, Rapid City, SD, October 2, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2025, 09:00 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2577Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2577Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,415 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251002020189I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT WAS PERFORMANING 3-POINT LANDING PRACTICE/CURRENCY IN HIS TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT USING RUNWAY 32. UPON FINAL LANDING THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SUBSEQUENTLY LEAD TO A GROUND LOOP. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A PROP STRIKE, LEFT WING-TIP DAMAGE, AND A BROKEN LEFT WHEEL ASSEMBLY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. PILOT IS SEEKING SELF-ASSIGNED TRAINING WITH A QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR TO IDENTIFY ANY DIMINISHED SKILLS RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF THIS AIRPLANE.

## Other reports on N2577Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20181208023359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181208023359I), Dec 8, 2018: Cessna A185F (N2577Q), Rapid City, SD, Minor damage. On December 8, 2018 at 1500 MST, a Cessna A185F registered to [privacy data omitted] was involved in an incident during a practiced emergency landing while…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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