# Accident 20120906029139A: Fairley Gooch LANCAIR IV, Winnsboro, LA, September 6, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2012, 12:45 local time
- Place: Winnsboro, LA
- Airport: Winnsboro Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1464° N, 91.6986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1464&lon=-91.6986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1126V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1126V-2017-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairley Gooch LANCAIR IV (registry code 05630YU, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairley-gooch-lancair-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-E (registry code 17247, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRLEY GOOCH LANCAIR IV
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 7 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12FA611](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA611) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120906029139A

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT PILOT WAS FLIGHT TESTING HIS LNC-IV AMATUER BUILT AIRCRAFT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PHASE I.  HE DEPARTED WINNSBORO AIRPORT (F89) AT APPROXIMATELY 1109 AND WAS HEARD AND SEEN RETURNING TO F89 AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 BY WITNESSES THAT WERE OUTSIDE A HANGAR.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 75 FEET DOWN RUNWAY 18.  AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE TAXIWAY, WITNESSES STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS BEGINNING TO RETERACT WHEN THEY SAW THE AIRCRAFT START TO PITCH UP.  AT THIS POINT THE WITNESSES IN FRONT OF THE HANGAR LOST SIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO TREES.  ANOTHER WITNESS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUWAY 18 NEAR A BUILDING STATED THAT HE SAW THE AIRCRAFT PITCH NOSE UP AND AT THAT MOMENT, THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING.  HE SAW THE AIRCRAFT ROLL TO THE RIGHT AND DISAPPEAR BEHIND A FOLIAGE COVERED FENCE HE WAS STANDING BEHIND.  HE STATED THAT HE HEARD THE SOUND OF A CRASH BUT DID NOT ACTUALLY SEE THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND.  A FINAL WITNESS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 18 STATED THAT HE WITNESSED THE AIRCRAFT FLY DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY AND THEN THE NOSE PITCHED UP AND THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING.  THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A ROLL TO THE RIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHING INTO THE GRASS.

## 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 CEN12FA611](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA611), Sep 6, 2012: Fairley Gooch Lancair IV (N1126V), Winnsboro, LA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane after a loss of engine power during a go-around. Contributing to the accident was the difficult-to-operate fuel selector valve and the pilot’s…

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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