- Date
- April 3, 2026, 15:19 UTC
- Place
- Luverne, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N430RPCessna A185
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260403002629A
- Case key
- 202753
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a gusting crosswind landing, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot receiving flight instruction reported that, while practicing takeoff and landings, he aligned the airplane with the left side of the runway, as advised by his flight instructor, and touched down before the 1,000-foot markers. As the airplane landing roll progressed the tail of the airplane came down and the airplane began veering to the right. The pilot added left rudder until he was at full deflection, at which time he began adding left brake, but directional control continued to degrade. As the airplane approached the centerline, the flight instructor took control of the airplane. The flight instructor lifted the right wing to avoid collision with a runway edge light. The left wingtip contacted the runway followed by a grinding noise. The airplane exited the runway and overturned, which resulted in substantial damage to the wings and vertical stabilizer. Both pilots reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing the airplane on runway 36 with wind from 050 at 8 knots gusting to 16.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N430RP
- Reported as
- Cessna A185 (F)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503244
- Built
- 1976
- Airframe hours
- 2,671.4
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-550-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ts 185 LLC
- Registered owner
- Ts 185 LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 5, 2025
- Departed
- KLYV · Luverne, MN
- Destination
- KLYV · Luverne, MN
- Airport
- LYV · Quentin Aanenson Fld, runway 36, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 19, 2026
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 39,470 total · 1,610 in this make and model · 37,017 as pilot in command · 83.8 in the last 90 days · 62.2 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 16, 2025
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 2,540 total · 16 in this make and model · 1,225 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KLYV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.