# NTSB CEN25LA205: Lancair 360, N77LH, Fort Stockton, TX, June 12, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report - Date: June 11, 2025, 21:45 local (Jun 12, 2025, 02:45 UTC) - Place: Fort Stockton, TX · Attempted to land on runway 7. - Coordinates: 30.915259, -102.91645 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9153&lon=-102.9164&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Investigation ongoing - Investigation class: Class 3 - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Lancair Owners and Builders Organization, Lycoming Engines, FAA Lubbock FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200314 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA205 - NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200314/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA205 ## Preliminary report On June 11, 2025, about 2145 central daylight time, a Lancair 360 airplane, N77LH, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Fort Stockton, Texas. The airline transport pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, he had recently purchased the airplane in California, and he was performing a cross-country flight to his home base in Florida. The airplane stopped at the El Paso International Airport (ELP), El Paso, Texas to refuel. The airplane departed from ELP about 1940 mountain daylight time. While enroute to the San Antonio International Airport, San Antonio, Texas, the pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit. The pilot contacted air traffic control and changed his destination airport to the Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport, Fort Stockton, Texas, due to the emergency. Once the pilot maneuvered the airplane for landing on runway 12, the cockpit was filled with smoke, and flames were emitting from underneath the instrument panel. During the landing, the pilot reported he did not have brake authority, and the airplane departed the runway to the left. The airplane came to rest upright against a barbed wire fence along the airport perimeter. The pilot was able to egress from the airplane without further incident. The fire consumed the engine compartment, part of the fuselage, and the left wing. The wreckage was recovered from the accident site, and it was transported to a secure location for future examination. The experimental airplane was built from a kit in 1999. The composite construction airplane was equipped with a Lycoming Engines O-360-A1A reciprocating engine. The airplane had a condition inspection performed by a mechanic on the airframe and the engine on June 9, 2025. During the inspection, it was noted that the airframe had accumulated 440.4 hours total time, and the engine had accumulated 2,220.9 hours total time (with 911.9 hours since overhaul). The pilot reported that the airplane maintenance records and the historical airplane build records were stored in the baggage compartment and consumed by the fire. ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Enroute-cruise: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event); cases with it: [Hogge D/Love C C JR LOVEAIR 360, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md?model=056066D), [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md) - [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Hogge D/Love C C JR LOVEAIR 360, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=056066D), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Hogge D/Love C C JR LOVEAIR 360, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=056066D), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N77LH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77LH), registered now, S/N 891 320 688, built 1999 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: LANCAIR 360 (NO SERIES EXISTS) - Registry model: [Hogge D/Love C C JR LOVEAIR 360](https://openairdocs.org/model/hogge-d-love-c-c-jr-loveair-360) (registry code 056066D) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 891 320 688 - Year built: 1999 - Damage: Destroyed - Fire: Both - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: ELP, El Paso, TX - Destination: SAT, San Antonio, TX - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: FST, Fort Stockton-Pecos County, runway 12, 4,961 × 150 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night - Wind: 40° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 29.96 inHg - Observed at: KFST - METAR: KFST 120153Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM CLR 27/12 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP101 T02720122 $ ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20250611005839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250611005839A), Jun 11, 2025: Hogge D/Love C C Jr LOVEAIR 360, Fort Stockton, TX, Destroyed. On June 11, 2025, a loveair 360 aircraft, registered to a private individual, experienced an in-flight fire and the aircraft made an emergency landing short of… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.