# Accident 20251026020549A: Cessna 182Q, Mapleton, IA, October 26, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2025, 14:10 local time
- Place: Mapleton, IA
- Airport: James G. Whiting Memorial Fiel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1783° N, 95.7936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JAMES G WHITING MEML FLD (MEY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1783&lon=-95.7936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735ZD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N735ZD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,990 total, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251026020549A

## Narrative

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

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

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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