Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Des Moines, Iowa
Aircraft departed and crashed in a field under unknown circumstances.
Date: 09-OCT-22
Time: 16:26:00Z
Regis#: N181MY
Aircraft Make: EXPERIMENTAL
Aircraft Model: ROARING EAGLE
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: SERIOUS
Flight Crew: 1 Serious Injuries
Pax: 0
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: SUBSTANTIAL
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: TAKEOFF (TOF)
Operation: 91
City: STANWOOD
State: IOWA
TIPTON, Iowa — At 11:26am on Sunday, October 9, 2022, Cedar County Dispatch received a 911 call reporting a small plane crash north of Stanwood, Iowa.
Upon arrival, first responders found that a experientially built aircraft had crashed into a corn field shortly after takeoff. The pilot was airlifted to a local hospital with undisclosed injuries.
The accident remains under investigation by the Cedar County Sheriff’s Office, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.
The Cedar County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Stanwood Fire Department, Mechanicsville Fire Department, Clarence Fire Department, Stanwood Ambulance, Mechanicsville Ambulance, Tipton Police Department, Iowa DNR, LifeGuard Air Ambulance, and Cedar County Emergency Management.
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