20251026020549A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182Q · Mapleton, IA · October 26, 2025

Date
October 26, 2025 · 14:10 local
Place
Mapleton, IA
Airport
James G. Whiting Memorial Fiel
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N735ZD
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
Reported engine
Continental IO-470 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,990 total1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft failed to maintain a positive rate-of-climb after takeoff resulting in impact with rising terrain in a nearby field.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT FAILED TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE RATE-OF-CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF RESULTING IN IMPACT WITH RISING TERRAIN IN A NEARBY FIELD.