# NTSB WPR25LA238: Cessna A185E, N2252T, Warren, ID, August 2, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: August 2, 2025, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Warren, ID
- Coordinates: 45.2681, -115.6836
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2681&lon=-115.6836&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 17, 2025
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200711
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA238
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200711/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200711
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA238

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to adequately compensate for a wind gust during the departure roll, which resulted in a loss of directional control and a runway excursion.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna A185E, 18 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072818), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna A185E, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2072818), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md)
- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna A185E, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2072818), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna A185E, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=2072818), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that during takeoff, the airplane encountered a large gust of wind. The airplane was pushed to the left of the runway’s center and continued off the edge of the runway. The left wing collided with trees, which resulted in substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The pilot stated that there were no pre impact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2252T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2252T), registered now, S/N 185-1410, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Registry model: [Cessna A185E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (registry code 2072818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 185-1410
- Year built: 1968
- Engines: Continental IO-520D 285 hp reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Daniel Fandler
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 2025
- Destination: 3U2, Johnson Creek, ID
- Airport: 3U1, Warren, runway 12, 2,766 × 50 ft, dirt
- Equipment: Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 5, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 30,000 total, 750 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.31 inHg
- Observed at: KMYL, 29 nm away
- METAR: KMYL 021751Z AUTO 27008KT 10SM CLR 23/08 A3031 RMK AO2 SLP219 T02280083 10233 20089 52001

## 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 20250802016479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250802016479A), Aug 2, 2025: Cessna A185E, Warren, ID, Substantial damage. Pilot departed airfield. Upon departure, wind gusts caused the aircraft to drift into a tree. The aircraft wing struck the tree which caused an uncontrollable…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 17, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200711. 515 KB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 280 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19148196&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120-Rel.pdf
- Photograph (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 234 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19148133&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Z-%20Attachment%2002%20-Photos-Rel.pdf

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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