# NTSB ANC26LA020: Cessna 182Q, N735ZD, Mapleton, IA, October 29, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: October 29, 2025, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Mapleton, IA · Bean field, rising terrain
- Coordinates: 42.17864, -95.804182 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1786&lon=-95.8042&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202453
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC26LA020
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202453/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA020

## Preliminary report

On October 29, 2025, at about 1200 Central daylight time, a Cessna 182Q, N735ZD, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Mapleton, Iowa. The pilot and three passengers were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91personal flight. The pilot reported that during takeoff, just after liftoff, one propeller blade lost pitch control, and the airplane was unable to climb. He said that the stall warning horn continued to sound after liftoff, and a passenger described a loud buzzing sound starting before liftoff. The airplane subsequently impacted an area of rising terrain in a harvested bean field, sustaining substantial damage to the fuselage. After the accident, the pilot told his passengers that he needed to get the airplane back to the airport, and the passengers demanded to get out, exited the airplane and called 911. Without shutting down the engine, the pilot taxied the airplane down the hill and made an unsuccessful takeoff attempt on the flat open field. A post examination of the wreckage is pending.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N735ZD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N735ZD), registered now, S/N 18265807, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18265807
- Year built: 1977
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MEY, Mapleton, IA
- Airport: MEY

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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