# Accident 20060827030719A: Cndair CL6002B19, Lexington, KY, August 27, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2006, 06:07 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: COMA
- Location: 38.0098° N, 84.4804° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0098&lon=-84.4804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N431CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N431CA-2009-05-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- Reported engine: GE CF343A1
- People aboard: 49
- Fatal injuries: 49
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA06MA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA06MA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060827030719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 27, 2006, AT 0606 EDT, COMAIR FL 5191, A BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19, N431CA, CRASHED AFTER DEPARTURE FROM BLUE GRASS AIRPORT IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES AND POST-IMPACT FIRE. OF THE 47 PASSENGERS AND 3 CREWMEMBERS ABOARD, 49 SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND 1, THE FIRST OFFICER, SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO RWY22 AND THEN INSTRUCTED TO FLY RUNWAY HEADING CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. WHILE THE EXPECTED RWY 22 IS 7,000' IN LENGTH, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED ONTO, AND TRIED TO DEPART FROM RWY26 WHICH WAS AN UNLIT DAY VFR GENERAL AVIATION RUNWAY WHICH WAS ONLY 3,500 IN LENGTH.

## 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 DCA06MA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA06MA064), Aug 27, 2006: Bombardier CRJ-100 (N431CA), Lexington, KY, destroyed, 49 fatal. Probable cause: the flight crewmembers's failure to use available cues and aids to identify the airplane's location on the airport surface during taxi and their failure to cross-check and verify that the airplane…

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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