Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during a landing and subsequent go-around with a crosswind.
NTSB analysis
The airplane was on a night visual flight rules cross-country flight to an uncontrolled airport. The pilot was performing a straight-in approach with a 10- to 11-knot direct crosswind; after touching down the airplane began to veer toward the runway edge. The pilot attempted a go-around; however, during the attempt, the airplane experienced an aerodynamic stall and its left wing struck the ground just off the runway's edge. The airplane tumbled, impacting the ground and coming to rest inverted in the adjacent grass field. A surviving passenger said that the touchdown was very rough and that he moved in the airplane from side to side. A postaccident examination of the airplane showed no preimpact anomalies with the airplane.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN11FA195 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Feb 18, 2011
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Levelland, Texas
- Nearest airport
- Levelland Municipal (LLN)
- Highest injury
- Fatal
- Fatal injuries
- 2
- Serious injuries
- 2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Night
Cessna 182P
- N-number
- N325LA
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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