# Incident 20160328003469I: Lancair Company LC-40-550FG, Edistoisland, SC, March 28, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2016, 17:00 local time
- Place: Edistoisland, SC
- Airport: Private Un-Named Strip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5602° N, 80.2798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edisto Island, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5602&lon=-80.2798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6500B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6500B) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,781 total, 587 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160328003469I

## Narrative

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

ON MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700, N6500B, A LANCAIR LC40-550FG AIRCRAFT, TAXIED ONTO THE PRIVATE GRASS STRIP LOCALLY NAMED ?EDISTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT? FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 23 NEAR 8671 SHELL HOUSE ROAD, EDISTO ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29438: 32 DEGREES 32?17? N BY 80 DEGREES 18? 50? W, (THERE IS NO AIRPORT DESIGNATOR). THE PILOT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY WHICH PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. THE THROTTLE WAS PULLED BACK TO IDLE POWER AND THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. THE FRONT WHEEL BEGAN VEERING RIGHT AND SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED AND THE NOSE GEAR HAD SHEARED OFF. THE COMPLETE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. THERE WAS ONE POB WITH NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY BY THE OWNER BEFORE THE IIC ARRIVED.  THE IIC CHECKED THE GRASS STRIP?S CONDITION AND FOUND IT HAD RECENTLY RAINED BUT THE SURFACE WAS FIRM.  THERE WERE NUMEROUS LARGE ANT BEDS THROUGHOUT THE FIELD HIDDEN BY APPROXIMATELY 3 INCH HIGH GRASS.

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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