Cessna 182RG N4609S accident near Cottonville, Iowa, October 3, 2025
Cessna 182RG, registration N4609S, operated by N4609S LLC, was involved in an accident near Cottonville, Iowa on October 3, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case CEN26LA009 is in work.
ADS-B receivers recorded 48 minutes of the flight, reaching a maximum of 8,850 ft. The last recorded position was at 22:15 UTC, at 2,325 ft and 89 knots, descending at 640 feet per minute, about 21 km from Dubuque Rgnl (KDBQ).
The nearest weather report, from KDBQ (21 km away), showed wind 200° at 10 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Cessna TR182 registered in United States (Mode S A59D3F).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- October 3, 2025
- Location
- Cottonville, Iowa
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182RG
- Registration
- N4609S
- Operator
- N4609S LLC
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- CEN26LA009 (In work)
- Nearest airport
- Dubuque Rgnl (KDBQ)
- Recorded flight
- 48 min, max 8,850 ft
- Last recorded position
- 22:15 UTC, 2,325 ft, 89 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case CEN26LA009; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.