Cessna 182P N325LA

Summary

On 18 February 2011 at about 02:40 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N325LA, operated by Franklin Gery, was involved in an accident near Levelland, Texas, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

18 February 2011 at 02:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Levelland, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Levelland Municipal (LLN)

Coordinates

33.5494, -102.3722

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N325LA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Franklin Gery

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lubbock → Levelland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN11FA195

2 people died.

The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during a landing and subsequent go-around with a crosswind.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was on a night visual flight rules cross-country flight to an uncontrolled airport. The pilot was performing a straight-in approach with a 10- to 11-knot direct crosswind; after touching down the airplane began to veer toward the runway edge. The pilot attempted a go-around; however, during the attempt, the airplane experienced an aerodynamic stall and its left wing struck the ground just off the runway's edge. The airplane tumbled, impacting the ground and coming to rest inverted in the adjacent grass field. A surviving passenger said that the touchdown was very rough and that he moved in the airplane from side to side. A postaccident examination of the airplane showed no preimpact anomalies with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.