Monday, February 09, 2026

Cessna 185D Skywagon, N75LE, incident occurred on February 6, 2026, at Mesa-Falcon Field Airport (FFZ/KFFZ), Mesa, Arizona

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N75LE

- History of Flight:
On February 6, 2026, at about 0857 local time, a Cessna 185D Skywagon, N75LE, was not damaged when it was involved in an incident at Mesa-Falcon Field Airport (FFZ/KFFZ), Mesa, Arizona. The pilot was not injured.

The FAA reported: "Aircraft declared an emergency after takeoff and made an emergency landing in a field." ADS-B data show the airplane taxied from the ramp to runway 4R. During takeoff, the airplane climbed to about 1,350 ft before it entered a descending right hand turn and landed in a vacant field on airport property. The airplane was relocated to the ramp two hours later (see figure).

Figure 1: ADS-B exchange data

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