# Incident 20160915022489I: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, Watkins, CO, September 15, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2016, 10:02 local time
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Airport: Front Range
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6984° N, 104.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watkins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6984&lon=-104.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N991AJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N991AJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG (registry code 5150011, https://openairdocs.org/model/columbia-aircraft-mfg-lc41-550fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-C (registry code 17246, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COLUMBIA AIRCRAFT MFG LC41-550FG
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,050 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160915022489I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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