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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG · Watkins, CO · September 15, 2016

Date
September 15, 2016 · 10:02 local
Place
Watkins, CO
Airport
Front Range
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N991AJ
Reported as
Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-550-C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total1,050 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On take off roll from runway 08, aircraft engine "hesitated" several times. Pilot elected to abort takeoff. Aircraft exited runway and propeller struck taxiway light causing minor damage to one propeller blade and dent on left wheel cover.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKE OFF ROLL FROM RUNWAY 08, AIRCRAFT ENGINE "HESITATED" SEVERAL TIMES. PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY AND PROPELLER STRUCK TAXIWAY LIGHT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE PROPELLER BLADE AND DENT ON LEFT WHEEL COVER.