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Two Killed in Cessna 210D Crash Near Kearney, Nebraska

The NTSB accident record lists two people on board and two fatalities in the August 28 crash; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:32 a.m. ET
people were killed when a crashed near Kearney, Nebraska, on August 28, 2025, at about 1:57 a.m. local time, according to the National Transportation Safety Board accident record. The record lists people on board and fatalities. The investigation remains open and the account may change as it proceeds. The accident record identifies the aircraft as registration and states that it sustained substantial damage. The flight is classified in the record as a Part 91 general aviation flight. The NTSB is investigating. The cause has not been determined. Aircraft registry records list as a 1964 , a single-engine piston landplane with a Continental IO-470 series engine, serial number 21058306, 61 years old at the time of the crash. The registry lists the registered owner as Hawkfitz LLC of Kearney, Nebraska; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight. FAA registration data compiled by city-data.com establishes nothing further about the company beyond that aircraft registration, and records no flight school, charter or leasing role. As a matter of record only, the NTSB database contains one other case involving the same registered owner: an accident on July 16, 2022, involving a Cessna 421B, N21GF, at Riverdale, Nebraska (CEN22LA341). The database, which begins in 2008, also records five other cases involving the type, of which involved a fatality. Neither the owner history nor the type count says anything about the cause of this accident. Weather observations recorded at Kearney Regional Airport (KEAR), 16.6 miles away and one minute from the reported time, showed wind from 140 degrees at 4 knots, visibility 0.75 statute mile in mist, an overcast ceiling at 300 feet, and a temperature of 63°F. Those are instrument readings at a nearby field, not a statement by any authority about what happened. Geographic reference data places Kearney County, Nebraska, at an elevation of ,172 feet, with Pioneer Village Field (K0V3) 1.7 miles to the south; that locates the settlement only, not the accident site.

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Reference data

From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
N3806Y
Type
Cessna 210D — single-engine piston landplane
Engines
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
Built
1964-01-01 (61 years old)
Registered owner
Hawkfitz LlcThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
2,172 ft
Nearest aerodrome
1.7 miles S of Pioneer Village Field (K0V3)

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:32current

    Added geographic reference data for Kearney County and the detail that no operating role is established for the registered owner; clarified developing-story wording.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 21:19

    First published.

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