# Accident 20150523010389A: Br Legend LLC TURBINE LEGEND, West Columbia, SC, May 23, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2015, 09:21 local time
- Place: West Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9475° N, 81.1622° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9475&lon=-81.1622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42BR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42BR-2018-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: BR Legend TURBINE LEGEND (registry code 056154E, https://openairdocs.org/model/br-legend-turbine-legend) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Walter 601D (registry code 64005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/walter-601d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BR LEGEND LLC TURBINE LEGEND
- Reported engine: WALTER 601D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 428 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15FA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150523010389A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 23, 2015, ABOUT 0921 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT BR LEGEND LLC TURBINE LEGEND, N42BR, REGISTERED TO BR LEGEND LLC, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, COLLIDED WITH TREES AND A POND ABOUT 1 NAUTICAL MILE WEST OF THE COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (CAE), WEST COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. VISUAL

METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM CAE TO ASHVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (AVL), ASHVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED AND THE

COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATED PILOT, AND A DOG WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 5 MINUTES EARLIER FROM CAE.

## 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 ERA15FA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA221), May 23, 2015: BR Legend Turbine Legend (N42BR), West Columbia, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An engine flame-out due to fuel starvation as the result of an improperly-installed auxiliary fuel pump fitting, and the pilot's failure to promptly feather the propeller following the engine-flame…

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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