# Accident 20060522008049A: Cessna 150F, Levelland, TX, May 22, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2006, 18:40 local time
- Place: Levelland, TX
- Airport: Levelland Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5614° N, 102.3731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5614&lon=-102.3731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6242R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6242R-2006-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: AMTR O200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,470 total, 395 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06FA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060522008049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 22, 2006, APPROXIMATELY 1840 CDT, N6242R, A SINGLE-ENGINE CESSNA 150F AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED DURING IMPACT WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING AN APPROACH TO THE LEVELLAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (LLN), NEAR LEVELLAND, TEXAS. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND WAS BEING OPERATED BY A 14 TITLE CFR PART 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW06FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06FA136), May 22, 2006: Cessna 150F (N6242R), Levelland, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors were low altitude and the gusting wind.

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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