Cessna 210D accident near Kearney, Nebraska, August 28, 2025
On August 28, 2025 at about 1:57 am local time, a 1964 Cessna 210D, registered N3806Y, was substantially damaged in an accident during approach (IFR final approach) near Kearney, Nebraska. It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). 2 people were killed. The weather was instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 28, 2025 · about 1:57 am local time
- Place
- Kearney, Nebraska · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 2 people were killed.
- Weather
- instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210D, built 1964 · all 210Ds on the register
- Registration
- N3806Y · registry record · serial 21058306
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
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.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Unknown or undetermined during approach (IFR final approach) defining event
The aircraft
- Last inspection: annual inspection, August 1, 2025; 3 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 3,100 lb
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: retractable
The flight
- Departed from: MN71 Glenwood MN at 11:45 pm
- Destination: 43NE Riverdale NE
- Flight plan: IFR
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: night
- Wind: from 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: overcast at 500 ft
- Temperature: 64°F (18°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter: 30.11 inHg
- Observation at 8:56 pm from KEAR, 5 miles away
Weather report (METAR): KEAR 280156Z AUTO 15008KT 10SM OVC005 18/18 A3011
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 2 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CEN25FA348.