Cessna 182Q N735ZD

Summary

On 29 October 2025 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 182Q registered N735ZD was involved in an accident near Mapleton, Iowa, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

29 October 2025 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Mapleton, Iowa, United States

Coordinates

42.1786, -95.8042

Aircraft

Cessna 182Q

Registration

N735ZD

Category

Airplane

Year built

1977

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mapleton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

ANC26LA020

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.