# NTSB CEN25FA348: Cessna 210D, N3806Y, Kearney, NE, August 28, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report - Date: August 27, 2025, 20:57 local (Aug 28, 2025, 01:57 UTC) - Place: Kearney, NE · wreckage located in a corn field - Coordinates: 40.8175, -98.99389 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8175&lon=-98.9939&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-IFR final approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) - Highest injury: Fatal - Injuries: 2 fatal - Status: Investigation ongoing - Investigation class: Class 3 - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 200893 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25FA348 - NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200893/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA348 ## Preliminary report On August 27, 2025, about 20:57 central daylight time, a Cessna 210D, N3806Y was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Kearney, Nebraska. Both pilots were fatally injured. The flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. The airplane was the subject of an alert notice (ALNOT) when radar coverage was lost with the airplane, and it was reported overdue at its destination airport. The airplane was discovered in a corn field on the morning of August 28, 2025, about 5 nautical miles north of Kearney Regional Airport (EAR), Kearney, Nebraska. The airplane departed Bakko Aviation Airport (MN71), Glenwood, Minnesota about 18:45 and was enroute to Onion Crest Airpark (43NE), Riverdale, Nebraska. The flight diverted to EAR due to low ceilings and the lack of an instrument approach into 43NE. Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center provided air traffic control services and cleared N3806Y for the RNAV (GPS) Runway 18 approach into EAR then switched N3806Y to EAR common traffic advisory frequency,123.0. Minneapolis ARTCC had no further communication with N3806Y. The airplane impacted an upsloping mature corn field on a heading of about 225°. Cornstalks were cut at 45° angles just prior to the initial impact site. The debris field from initial impact to where the main wreckage came to rest was 154 ft long and 23 ft at the widest point . The right wing tip was at the beginning of the debris field followed by the nose gear, right wing strut, left wing tip, a portion of the right horizontal stabilizer, left door, right door, left wing, propeller (still attached at the hub), and right landing gear. At the end of the debris field was the main wreckage with a detached right wing lying next to it. The main wreckage came to rest on a heading of about 330°. The airplane was retained for further examination. ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-IFR final approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 210D, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=2073414), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3806Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3806Y), registered now, S/N 21058306, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D - Registry model: [Cessna 210D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (registry code 2073414) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21058306 - Year built: 1964 - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Onion Crest Air LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 2025, 3 hours before - Departed: MN71, Glenwood, MN - Destination: 43NE, Riverdale, NE - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: EAR - Equipment: ADS-B ## Weather - Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night - Wind: 150° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 500 ft overcast - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 30.11 inHg - Observed at: KEAR, 5 nm away - METAR: KEAR 280156Z AUTO 15008KT 10SM OVC005 18/18 A3011 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20250827011989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250827011989A), Aug 27, 2025: Cessna 210D, Kearney, NE, Destroyed, 2 fatal. The aircraft departed in visual meteorological conditions (VMC) with two pilots on board. The weather reporting station 5 miles south of the accident site… ## Other investigations on N3806Y (1) 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. - [NTSB MIA74DKT32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKT32), Oct 26, 1973: Cessna 210 (N3806Y), W Palm Beach, FL, substantial damage 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. --- 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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