# Accident 20140816014279A: Lancair Company LC-40-550FG, Ranger, TX, August 16, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2014, 23:30 local time
- Place: Ranger, TX
- Airport: Cook Canyon Ranch Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4442° N, 98.5914° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4442&lon=-98.5914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6500Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6500Z-2018-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lancair LC-40-550FG (registry code 5150000, https://openairdocs.org/model/lancair-lc-40-550fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LANCAIR COMPANY LC-40-550FG
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 435 total, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14FA437](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA437) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140816014279A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 16, 2014, AT 2330, A LANCAIR LC-40 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N6500Z, REGISTERED TO RIVER BEND ENERGY LLC, CRASHED AFTER TAKE OFF FROM COOK CANYON RANCH (TA25) NEAR  RANGER, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A VFR FLIGHT.  NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 CEN14FA437](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA437), Aug 17, 2014: Lancair LC 40 550FG (N6500Z), Ranger, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control shortly after takeoff as a result of spatial disorientation due to dark night conditions, the pilot's low overall night and instrument flight time, and his lack…

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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