# Accident 20250818014539A: Josh Richling NLA-275-FR-C, Bradley, AR, August 18, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2025, 21:33 local time
- Place: Bradley, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0570° N, 93.6570° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0570&lon=-93.6570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N345LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Josh Richling NLA-275-FR-C (registry code 05640AD, https://openairdocs.org/model/josh-richling-nla-275-fr-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JOSH RICHLING NLA-275-FR-C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25FA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA321) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250818014539A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 18, 2025, THE AIRMAN INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT DEPARTED LAKEWAY AIRPARK, LAKEWAY, TEXAS, AT AROUND 2011 CST. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED NORTHEAST BOUND AND CLIMBED TO A MAXIMUM CRUISE ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 13,500 MSL. AT APPROXIMATELY 2130 CST, AND FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A SERIES OF CLIMBS AND DESCENTS. APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES LATER, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A RIGHT-HAND SPIRALING DESCENT, AND AT APPROXIMATELY 2133, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES. DURING THE CRASH SEQUENCE, THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET EAST OF THE INITIAL IMPACT SITE, WITH THE AIRCRAFT FACING SOUTH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND POST-IMPACT FIRE, AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT, THE PILOT, WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 CEN25FA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA321), Aug 19, 2025: Lancair NLA-275-FR-C (N345LA), Bradley, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N345LA (1)

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

- [Incident 20241017015649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241017015649I), Oct 17, 2024: Josh Richling NLA-275-FR-C (N345LA), North Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. On 10/17/2024 15:02 PDT a Lancair encountered a prop strike during attempted landing, runway 12R at (vgt). Pilot stated tower instructed him to make 4 mile…

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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