# Accident 20250206000599A: Cessna 140, Llano, TX, February 6, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2025, 15:05 local time
- Place: Llano, TX
- Airport: Llano Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7887° N, 98.6621° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7887&lon=-98.6621&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73081, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73081) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 651 total, 9 in this make and model, 196 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250206000599A

## Narrative

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

ON 6 FEBRUARY 2025 AT 1505 CDT, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A 1946 CESSNA 140 WITH SERIAL NUMBER 10297 ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT LLANO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (AQO), RUNWAY 17. DURING GROUND ROLL, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A GROUND LOOP. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT, AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN25LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA092), Feb 6, 2025: Cessna 140 (N73081), Llano, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, that resulted in a ground loop, and a susbquent runway excursion.

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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