Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC42-550FG accident near Burnsville, NC
On May 26, 2007, a Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC42-550FG (airplane) was involved in an accident near Burnsville, NC. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 26, 2007
- Place
- Burnsville, NC
- Aircraft
- Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC42-550FG · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.871°N, 82.345°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070531X00672
Official records · NYC07FA126
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 26, 2007, at 1107 eastern daylight time, a Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing LC42-550FG, N2537A, was destroyed when it impacted several parked airplanes during an aborted landing at Mountain Air Airport (2NC0), Burnsville, North Carolina. The certificated commercial pilot/owner, a pilot-rated passenger, and a second passenger were fatally injured. An instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the flight, which departed Albert Whitted Airport (SPG), St. Petersburg, Florida, at 0802. The personal flight was conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Several witnesses observed the airplane as it approached the airport, and all provided written or verbal statements that depicted a similar series of events. Most of the witness were either former or current pilots, or observed operations at the airport on a regular basis. According to the witnesses, the airplane entered the airport traffic pattern, and transmitted all of the expected radio calls; however as the airplane approached runway 32 it was "high and fast." The airplane touched down within the first third of the runway and bounced about 10 to 20 feet above the surface. The airplane continued about 300 feet further down the runway and bounced again, in a 20- to 30-degree nose up attitude, and with the speed brakes deployed. The airplane veered left of the runway centerline and the engine sound increased to "full power." As the airplane headed toward an embankment off the left side of the runway, it rolled right, and the right wing tip scraped the runway. After traveling up the emba
Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing resulting in a loss of directional control and subsequent impact with several parked airplanes.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
