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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lancar LC41-550FG · Seeley Lake, MT · February 22, 2008

Date: February 22, 2008 · 17:49 local
Place: Seeley Lake, MT
Airport: Seeley Lake
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1554G
Reported as: Lancar LC41550FG
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 185 total40 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N1554GRegistered now · Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FGS/N 41785 · Built 2007 Airframe modelColumbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG Engine modelContinental TSIO-550-CReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On February 22, 2008, at 1749 mountain time, a columbia aircraft, model LC41-550FG, registered to happy air, LLC, c/o the pilot privacy data omitted, collided with a snow bank at Seeley Lake Airport (23S) in Montana. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the flight; no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received minor damage to the nose wheel strut fairing and the left main landing gear strut fairing. A dog was killed on the runway. The flight originated at great falls (gtf), Montana.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 22, 2008, AT 1749 MOUNTAIN TIME, A COLUMBIA AIRCRAFT, MODEL LC41-550FG, REGISTERED TO HAPPY AIR, LLC, C/O THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BANK AT SEELEY LAKE AIRPORT (23S) IN MONTANA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE FLIGHT; NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT FAIRING AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT FAIRING. A DOG WAS KILLED ON THE RUNWAY. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GREAT FALLS (GTF), MONTANA.