# NTSB investigations, 1985, 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. ## Latest cases - [NTSB MKC86LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA040.md): Beech C23 · Dubuque, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 30, 1985 · N67248 · Substantial damage > The aircraft landed on runway 13 because the n-s runway was covered with ice. The wind was from 220 degrees at 16, gusts to 24 knots. The aircraft bounced twice during the landing and drifted left. The aircraft encountered snow along the left side of the… - [NTSB MKC86LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA041.md): Beech M35 · Council Bluffs, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 27, 1985 · N9730R · Substantial damage > The acft made a gear-up forced lndg off the arpt after a loss of power during a business flt. The acft had only been airborne for about 15 minutes. Post accident investigation discovered that the acft fuel was contaminated with water. - [NTSB MKC86MA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86MA031.md): Rockwell 500-S · Des Moines, IA · Accident · 7 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Nov 25, 1985 · N81589 · Destroyed > N81589 was flwg a Boeing 727 on ILS apch in IFR conds. Aprx 2.5 mi fm rwy, N81589 suddenly deviated left nrly 90 deg. 39 sec later, plt rprtd he enctrd svr turbc, then said he was trying to clb. N81589 subsequently flew thru tree tops on rising trrn for aprx… - [NTSB MKC86LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA010.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Monticello, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 15, 1985 · N4KE · Substantial damage > The pilot stated that he knew that he would have strong cross-winds for landing but when he was ready to land, he was unable to correct for them. He started a go-around, hit gusty winds that rolled him to the right and when the airplane would'nt climb, they… - [NTSB MKC85LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA224.md): Bellanca Citabria 7ECA · Council Bluffs, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 1985 · N1008E · Substantial damage > On climbout fm the Council Bluffs airport the plt reported a loss of engine power and the engine quitting. The plt attempted an air restart but was too low to the grnd to continue. The plt weaved in and out of trees during his descent finally impacting the… - [NTSB MKC85LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA220.md): Cessna 172K · Kalona, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1985 · N78227 · Substantial damage > The plt reported that on the initial indication of rain, he elected to takeoff from the harvested soybean field before it became muddy. The field was soft & was about 2100 ft long. Before the acdnt, the wind was from the south, so the plt began his takeoff in… - [NTSB MKC85FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA217.md): Piper PA-28-181 · What Cheer, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 16, 1985 · N8262U · Substantial damage > The acft was observed flying through the top of a tree, then through a four strand high voltage pwr line. Final impact was relatively flat in a soy-bean field. The plt later stated that he had become disoriented in flt and hallucinated that he was in a Piper… - [NTSB MKC85FCD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FCD02.md): Cessna 172 M · Emmetsburg, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Sep 8, 1985 · N20517 · Substantial damage > The acft crashed in a turkey farm field after losing alt during takeoff. A witness said the acft settled as though the plt was raising the flaps after takeoff. The acft lost alt in a rt turn, and landed 1 mile south of the arpt post acc investigation showed… - [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. ## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1985 AND 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?state=IA&year=1985 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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