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| Date: | Thursday 6 February 2025 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 140 |
| Owner/operator: | Mid-State Aviation II Inc |
| Registration: | N73081 |
| MSN: | 10297 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Llano Municipal Airport (AQO/KAQO), Llano, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Llano Municipal Airport, TX (KAQO) |
| Llano Municipal Airport, TX (KAQO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor was demonstrating a landing to the pilot who was receiving instruction. At the time of the landing, the flight instructor reported the wind condition was “variable and gusty.” During the landing roll on the dry asphalt runway, he lost directional control, a ground loop occurred, and the airplane departed the runway to the right. The airplane came to rest inverted on a grass field near the runway, and the two occupants were able to egress from the airplane without further incident.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, the right wing strut, and the empennage. The flight instructor reported there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or the engine that would have precluded normal operation. The flight instructor, who had a total of 20 hours tailwheel flight time (with 9 hours performing tailwheel flight instruction), further reported that the accident could have been prevented by obtaining more experience from a “more qualified” flight instructor before instructing in “variable and gusty” wind conditions.
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.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199660
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N73081
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Feb-2025 18:56 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 13-Mar-2025 23:39 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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