# Incident 20000704034449I: Cessna 150L, Levelland, TX, July 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2000, 11:30 local time
- Place: Levelland, TX
- Airport: Levelland Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5525° N, 102.3725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEVELLAND MUNI (LLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5525&lon=-102.3725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10964, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10964-2010-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000704034449I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS THE PILOT COMMAND ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. DURING HIS FIRST LANDING, HE STATED THAT HE ADDED POWER AS SOON AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN FOR A GO AROUND. HE STATED THAT HE BEGAN TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND IT VEERED TO THE LEFT.  HE GOT THE AIRCRAFT FLYING IN GOUND EFFECT, BUT HE STATED THAT THE STALL WARNING HORN WAS GOING OFF THE ENTIRE TIME.  HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT 90 DEGREES TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY IN AN OPEN FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT RAN THROUGH SOME TALL GRASS, WENT THROUGH AN AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE AND CAME TO REST IN ANOTHER OPEN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED MOINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING STRUTS ONLY.  PILOT WAS NOT HURT.  PILOT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR SOLO FLIGHT BY TWO INSTRUCTOR WHOM HAD JUST FLOWN WITH HIM.

## Other reports on N10964 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060508005909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060508005909A), May 8, 2006: Cessna 150L (N10964), Levelland, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On may 8, 2006, at approximately 1040 CDT, a student pilot was on his second supervised soloe flight in N10964, a Cessna 150 aircraft. The student made a…
- [Incident 19820529037529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820529037529I), May 29, 1982: Cessna 150L (N10964), Sweetwater, TX, Substantial damage. Had passenger hold brakes and close throttle on hand propping engine. Passenger did opposite. Aircraft hit hangar.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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