# NTSB investigations, IA NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. Page 15 of 45 · 2,216 cases ## Cases, newest first - [NTSB MKC85LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA208.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Oxford, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 1985 · N9557K · Substantial damage > The eng quit abruptly while the acft was cruising at 3,500 feet. The acft collided with standing corn during the night forced landing. After the acdt the fuel selector was found on the lt fuel tank, the lt tank was empty and the rt fuel tank was full. The plt… - [NTSB MKC85LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA204.md): Grumman AA5 · Boone, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 1985 · N16LB · Substantial damage > After departing laporte city airport the plt of the acft proceeded to his destination airport despite deteriorating weather conditions at this destination. The plt stated he should not have proceeded into poor weather conditions. Weather conditions at the… - [NTSB MKC85LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA187.md): Taylorcraft BL-65 · Ottumwa, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 13, 1985 · N27492 · Substantial damage > N27492 collided with utility wires which cross the des moines river and crashed into the river. - [NTSB MKC85LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA178.md): Boeing E75 · Fairfield, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 1985 · N3994B · Substantial damage > A Beech baron departed just prior to N3994B. N3994B was heavily loaded and encountered turblence after lifting off. The acft drifted to the rt until it was over a corn field about 100 ft to the rt of the rwy. The plt tried to correct back to the rwy but the… - [NTSB MKC85LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA174.md): Cessna 180 · Ames, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 29, 1985 · N3161C · Substantial damage > The desired rwy (19) was closed at the destination, so the plt landed on rwy 13 with a 15 kt x-wind. The x-wind was within the capability of the acft & the plt. After touchdown, the plt used full rudder & brake to maintain directional control. However, he… - [NTSB MKC85LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA170.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Leon, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 1985 · N8089C · Substantial damage > The plt reported that when he was on final apch to land, the acft encountered a downdraft & its rate of descent increased. He applied power to correct the situation, but the left main gear hit a fence post aprx 10 ft short of the rwy & failed. Subsequently,… - [NTSB MKC85LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA163.md): Cessna 182 · Forest City, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 20, 1985 · N5699B · Substantial damage > Shortly after the acft took off with 4 skydivers on board, its eng seized at an alt of about 300 to 400 ft. the plt selected the best available area to land which was a field of tall corn on rolling terrain. During the emerg landing, the acft nosed over.… - [NTSB MKC85LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA160.md): Cessna 180J · Fort Dodge, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 1985 · N180DH · Substantial damage > N180DH was landing on a 6,547 x 150 ft, dry, asphalt, runway with a lt quartering headwind at 15, with gust to 20 KTS. The plt said he made a full flap, full stall, 3PT, landing. The acft was aligned with the rwy centerline but after a short roll the acft… - [NTSB MKC85LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA165.md): de Havilland DH 82A · Ames, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 1985 · N657DH · Substantial damage > The owner had given the plt permission to fly the acft & the plt elected to take a passenger in the front seat. After the accident, the plt stated that he was making a hi speed taxi run on the grass on the right side of the rwy. He reported that the lower… - [NTSB MKC85LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA152.md): Bell 47G · Pella, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 10, 1985 · N75273 · Substantial damage > The purpose of the flt was to provede training in aerial application procedures and techniques for the plt/owner of N75273. The instructor plt has extensive experience in this m/m and was at the controls. He was demonstrating a turn around at the end of a… - [NTSB MKC85LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA150.md): Cessna 152 · La Porte City, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 1985 · N5116P · Substantial damage > The plt reported that the acft had the proper airspeed when it was on final apch about 1/2 mi from the rwy. However, he reported that it quickly lost 500 ft, landed short of the rwy & was damaged. The acft came to rest in a corn field beside the rwy. - [NTSB MKC85LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA164.md): Brantly Helicopter B-2 · Denison, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 1985 · N6799D · Substantial damage > Plt reports that the eng idle setting was too low and the eng quit when he reduced power during a practice autorotation. The acft touched down hard and the main rotor contacted tail boom. - [NTSB MKC85LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA145.md): Taylorcraft BC12-D · Cedar Rapids, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 1985 · N95162 · Substantial damage > While taxiing to takeoff, the plt was proceeding between 2 rows of hangars. He stated that he was having a problem with the acft transceiver & was adjusting it for taxi instructions. At about that time, the right wing tip of the acft struck the tail rotor of… - [NTSB MKC85LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA139.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Sheldon, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 23, 1985 · N6209A · Substantial damage > The student plt was on a solo x-country flight. After the nose wheel touched down on landing, the acft veered left, went into a corn field & nosed over. The plt stated that he may have let the nose wheel contact the rwy before he neutralized the rudder… - [NTSB MKC85FCD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FCD01.md): Joel K. Senter RV-4 · Jefferson, IA · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Jun 16, 1985 · N4703S · Destroyed > The acft crashed out of control after & low alt demonstration passes above rwy at about 50 ft AGL. After the last pass, a low airspeed maneuver. The plt executed a steep turn and descended in a nose low attitude to ground impact. - [NTSB MKC85FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA124.md): E.T. Meredith III Christen Eagle II · Carlisle, IA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 9, 1985 · N33ET · Destroyed > The aerobatic airplane had a total of 23.6 flight hours at the time of this accident. This accident pilot had flown 6.3 hours of that time. The aircraft log did not indicate any spin practice by this pilot in this airplane but did indicate three flights with… - [NTSB MKC85LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA122.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Des Moines, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 7, 1985 · N3502M · Substantial damage > During a full stop landing the plt applied brakes to arrest the landing roll and upon application of the brakes, the acft veered slowly to the left without slowing down. The check plt applied his brakes to assist the plt, but without any effect. The acft… - [NTSB MKC85LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA115.md): Hughes 269C · West Liberty, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 29, 1985 · N8976F · Substantial damage > On a downwind swath run the helicopter experienced an eng failure and the plt entered an autorotation. The plt then made a hard landing which resulted in substantial damage. Inspection of the engine revealed that the nut which retains the gear to crankshaft… - [NTSB MKC85LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA109.md): Beech 35-B33 · Calamus, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 21, 1985 · N3EM · Substantial damage > During arrival, the plt landed on a 1700 ft turf rwy which sloped downhill to the north & had a 30 ft power line located near the apch end. Reportedly, the acft touched down 572 ft from the departure end, then continued off the rwy & hit a dirt bank next to a… - [NTSB MKC85LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA097.md): Beech 35 · Ames, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 4, 1985 · N3068V · Substantial damage > The plt reports that the acft had slowed to taxi speed after landing when the gear warning horn began to blow followed shortly by collapse of the landing gear. Examination of the landing gear electrical circuitry failed to reveal any deficiencies. - [NTSB MKC85LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA083.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Mechanicsville, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 13, 1985 · N2392N · Substantial damage > The plt attempted a takeoff from a short, wet, soft, alfalfa field in an acft loaded with two occurants and aprx a full load of fuel. The acft collided with a fence and a tree after using the available distance in the flt attempt. Plt recommended a more… - [NTSB MKC85LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA071.md): Cessna 152 · Norwalk, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1985 · N67399 · Substantial damage > Approaching des moines airport the plt rptd to approach control of eng problems and wanted to know what airport was close for an precautionary landing. An attempt was made to land at an airstrip 3 mi east of his present posn. Unable to land at the airstrip… - [NTSB MKC85LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA067.md): Cessna 150 · Keokuk, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 4, 1985 · N51004 · Substantial damage > While taxiing for t/o on a sod rwy, gusting winds flipped the C-150 over after it became bogged down in the soft terrain. The plt was aware of the gusting wind conditions but was not expecting to get the a/c stuck, even though the pilot was aware it had… - [NTSB MKC85FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA066.md): Piper PA-23 · Cedar Rapids, IA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 3, 1985 · N1241P · Destroyed > Plt reported no forward vis due to ice on windshield. N1291P then diverted to cid which has rapcon. The temp at the surface was 32 degs f but was reported to be higher at 4,000 ft MSL. The flt climbed to 4,000 ft and began losing the ice but then reported… - [NTSB MKC85LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA063.md): Cessna 172M · Fort Madison, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 16, 1985 · N61868 · Substantial damage > The plt stated that an inflight encounter with a gust of wind during landing resulted in a sharp loss of altitude and a bounced landing. Consequently a second gust on rollout followed by the plts loss of directional control resulted in the acft departing the… - [NTSB MKC85LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA048.md): Raven Rally RX7 · Davenport, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 16, 1985 · N55582 · Substantial damage > Balloon encountered gust during initial climb and began drifting toward wires. Plt elected to deflate & balloon collided with wires & building. - [NTSB MKC85LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA046.md): Cessna 152 · Des Moines, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 8, 1985 · N68318 · Substantial damage > Plt was informed of holes along the right side of the rwy so he intentionally touched own on the left side of the rwy. The left main gear contacted a snowbank which paralled the rwy and the acft nosed into the snowbank. - [NTSB MKC85FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA031.md): Aeronca 11AC · Council Bluffs, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 1, 1984 · N86120 · Substantial damage > The plt stated that he had been practicing landings and then climbed the acft to 5000 ft above the arpt. He flew around for awhile to cool off the eng and then he shutdown it down to practice restarts. After the first restart the eng was shut down a second… - [NTSB MKC85LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA029.md): Sikorsky S58J · Storm Lake, IA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 28, 1984 · N62243 · No damage > A passenger was being transported from a boat to shore. The plt lowered a wheel strut to the boat for the boarding and says he received a radio call from the passenger saying, 'ok I'm ready let's go.' The plt assumed that he was inside the acft and a climb… - [NTSB MKC85LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA028.md): Cessna 421B · Mason City, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 27, 1984 · N41097 · Substantial damage > The ATP PIC knew that he would be flying into area of surface icing. Boots on horizontal stabilizer did not remove ice. Over rwy at 30 ft, acft stalled & hit the rwy hard. Manufactorer states acft cannot be certified for flt into known icing. Deice and… - [NTSB MKC85LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA020.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Burlington, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 12, 1984 · N2454B · Substantial damage > According to the pilot the descent into the traffic pattern was late and the base turn performed early leaving the acft high on final. As a result, an excessive rate of descent developed on short final. The high descent rate and diminishing daylight led the… - [NTSB MKC85LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA018.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Algona, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 7, 1984 · N4312Z · Substantial damage > At about 100 ft AGL after takeoff, eng lost pwr. Plt attempted to circle to land on closest runway but eng was developing insufficient pwr to maintain altitude in turn. Acft touched down 150 ft short of threshold. Plt did not level wings prior to touchdown.… - [NTSB MKC85LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA014.md): Cessna 150 · Oxford, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 4, 1984 · N3510V · Substantial damage > Due to a lower than optimum glide path and turbulence, the acft landed about 100 ft short of the rwy. All 3 landing gear collapsed in the unimproved terrain. - [NTSB MKC84LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA287.md): Raven S55A · Prairie City, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 1984 · N8517L · No damage > While the hot air balloon was airborne, the surface winds increased to 13 KTS. The plt instructed both passengers to prepare for a high wind landing. Contrary to the plt's instructions, the passenger, who became injured, crouched in the bottom of the basket… - [NTSB MKC84LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA280.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Davenport, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 19, 1984 · N155DH · Substantial damage > Acft was on VFR final approach following a practice instrument flight. Commercial pilot with instrument rating in left seat flew instrument portion of flight and declined offer to land from instructor in right seat due to her lack of proficiency. On final… - [NTSB MKC84FCD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FCD03.md): Schweizer SGU2-22E · Ames, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Sep 16, 1984 · N9920J · Minor damage > The glider plt who had only about 1 hour flt time in this make of glider and less than a hour total glider time misjudged the wind and after drifting downwind was unable to make it back to the arpt. A forced landing was made off arpt in a farm field. - [NTSB MKC84LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA276.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Cedar Rapids, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 11, 1984 · N4066T · Substantial damage > The Balloon landed in a field and as wind drifted it, the envelope draped over a pwr line. The plt said his burner malfunctioned and caused the inaccurate landing. Another account was told later in which the plt switched to an empty propane tank for landing.… - [NTSB MKC84FA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA272.md): Cessna 195A · Akron, IA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 9, 1984 · N19JW · 2 aircraft · Destroyed > N19JW, a Cessna 195A and N8783X, a Cessna 182 departed mapleton, IA, at aprx 0805 on a VFR flt to Akron, IA, to attend a fly-in breakfast. The two acft did not travel the same route of flight to Akron, N19JW crossed over the midpoint of the arpt on crosswind… - [NTSB MKC84FA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA271.md): Cessna R182 · Ottumwa, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 9, 1984 · N756TN · Substantial damage > The acft entered IMC weather, the plt became disoriented & cruised without ATC navigational assistance after failing to make radio contact or file a flt plan. The non-instrument rated private plt flew until acft power was lost due to fuel exhaustion. The… - [NTSB MKC84LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA278.md): Cessna C-150M · Council Bluffs, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 1984 · N9282U · Substantial damage > Student plt departed on supervised solo flt. Later, instructor noted wind conditions at the airport had become unfavorable & advised plt by radio to divert to a specific alternate where winds conditions were favorable. Plt disregarded advice, proceeded to… - [NTSB MKC84FA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA256.md): Cessna 170B · Oskaloosa, IA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 1984 · N516PC · Destroyed > Several witnesses viewed the acft circling over a bean field at an alt of 200 to 300 ft AGL. The plt and pax were reportedly looking for a radio-controlled airplane lost in the field. Witnesses continued to state an increase of power occurred and the acft… - [NTSB MKC84FA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA254.md): Cessna A188B · Algona, IA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 1984 · N9387G · Destroyed > N9387G was flying at an altitude of aprx 75 feet AGL when it struck power lines while maneuvering to spray a corn field. The reported weather near the accident site was: visibility 7 miles, temperature 73 degrees, light precipitation in the way of rain was… - [NTSB MKC84LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA246.md): Cessna 305A · Blakesburg, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 11, 1984 · N6735Q · Substantial damage > The acft mushed into tall corn off the end of the rwy during an attempted go-around. The plt said he landed long on the 2170 ft turf rwy in calm air and did not think he could stop so a go-around was initiated. He said a seat belt interfered with the… - [NTSB MKC84LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA241.md): Cessna 177B · Winterset, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 1984 · N35140 · Substantial damage > The plt had diverted & was making a precautionary landing due to an approaching storm. At about 50 ft over the rwy, the acft stalled & landed hard. It then bounced 3 times, damaging the nose gear, forward fuselage & right wing. - [NTSB MKC84FA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA235.md): Piper PA32R300 · Des Moines, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 1984 · N1654H · Substantial damage > The acft eng began to 'shudder badly' upon reaching a cruise alt of 3500 ft MSL shortly after takeoff. The plt made a 180 deg course reversal to return to the arpt but reported to ATC he was unable to see outside the acft because oil was smeared on the acft.… - [NTSB MKC84FA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA234.md): Sims - Basset Varieze · Clarinda, IA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 1984 · N4229G · Destroyed > Witnesses observed a ground run of aprx 2000 ft before lift-off was achieved after which the acft appeared to climb laboriously to about 100 ft AGL. Acft then executed steep, descending rt turn of about 240 degrees back toward the arpt. Acft collided with pwr… - [NTSB MKC84FCD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FCD02.md): Callair A-9 · Oakland, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jul 22, 1984 · N8287H · Destroyed > The pilot was practicing aerial application maneuvers using water as the spray load. He stated that about half way thru his turn to reverse direction, he felt the a/c give a very slight stall warning. He said that he released some back pressure and attempted… - [NTSB MKC84FCD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FCD01.md): Cessna A188B · Hesper, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jul 18, 1984 · N84494 · Destroyed > The acft crashed after colliding with a power line. During the first spray pass the plt attempted to fly under the power line. The veritcal fin hit the wire and the acft crashed. There were no mechanical problems with the acft during this aerial application… - [NTSB MKC84LU005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LU005.md): UFM Easy Riser · Des Moines, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jul 7, 1984 · UNREG · Substantial damage > The ultralight was making turns at low alt when it stalled and spun into the ground. The plt was unable to recover before ground impact. - [NTSB MKC84LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA193.md): Cessna 188 · Dyersville, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 1984 · N9857V · Substantial damage > The acft was over max gross wt by aprx 147 lbs and exceeded the fwd CG limit with a 1200 lb chemical load. During the initial climb at 50-100 ft AGL the acft could not maintain flying speed, stalled, and entered an uncontrolled descent. The acft impacted… Next page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md?state=IA&page=16 ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'IA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?page=15&state=IA --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.