# Accident 20110217001759A: Cessna 182P, Levelland, TX, February 17, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2011, 20:40 local time
- Place: Levelland, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5494° N, 102.3722° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5494&lon=-102.3722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N325LA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N325LA-2011-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 492 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11FA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110217001759A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 17, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 20:40 CDT, N325LA, A CESSNA 182, WAS DESTROYED DURING A LOSS OF CONTROL FOLLOWING A TOUCH-AND-GO MANEUVER AT THE LEVELLAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (LLN) IN  LEVELLAND, TEXAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE TWO REMAINING PASSENGERS SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT. THE 28 NAUTICAL MILE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LBB) IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS, AT APPROXIMATELY 19:50 CDT.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION 3,045-FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 17 AND APPROXIMATELY 62-FEET EAST FROM THE RUNWAYS EDGE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A POST CRASH FIRE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  DURING THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AS THE WIND SPEEDS WERE REPORTED AS FROM 267 DEGREES AT 10 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) GUSTING TO 11 MPH.

## 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 CEN11FA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA195), Feb 18, 2011: Cessna 182P (N325LA), Levelland, TX, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during a landing and subsequent go-around with a crosswind.

## Other reports on N325LA (1)

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

- [Accident 20040307016689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040307016689A), Mar 7, 2004: Cessna 182P (N325LA), Nashville, TN, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot arrived VFR from chapel hill, NC to gusty crosswind conditions connected with a frontal passage. Just prior to touch down, the pilot stated the…

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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