# Accident 20070526008679A: Lancar LC42550FG, Burnsville, NC, May 26, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2007, 11:07 local time
- Place: Burnsville, NC
- Airport: Mountain Aire Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8711° N, 82.3447° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8711&lon=-82.3447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2537A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2537A-2014-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC42-550FG (registry code 5150012, https://openairdocs.org/model/columbia-aircraft-mfg-lc42-550fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LANCAR LC42550FG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 110 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070526008679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, WHEN THE COLUMBIA LC42 TURNED DOWNWIND ON BASE LEG FOR RUNWAY 32, IT APPEARED HIGH AND FAST. THE PILOT OVERSHOT THE TURN, BUT CORRECTED. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN PAST MARKER 874, BOUNCED UP, FLOATED, BOUNCED AGAIN AND VEERED TO THE LEFT TOWARDS AN EMBANKMENT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. WITNESSES HEARD AN INCREASE IN POWER. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED UP THE EMBANKMENT, SCRAPING IT'S RIGHT WINGTIP. AS IT CAME OFF THE EMBANKMENT, IT LOST ITS NOSE GEAR AND VEERED ACROSS THE RUNWAY IMPACTING AIRCRAFT PARKED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 32 NEAR THE DEPARTURE END. THE IMPACT WITH A CIRRUS SR-22 CAUSED THE SR-22'S PARACHUTE TO DEPLOY. THE COLUMBIA THEN IMPACTED A CESSNA 421. ALL THREE AIRCRAFT WERE CONSUMED BY FIRE. SEVERAL OTHER AIRCRAFT WERE DAMAGED.

## 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 NYC07FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA126), May 26, 2007: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC42-550FG (N2537A), Burnsville, NC, destroyed, 3 fatal. 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.

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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