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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Endler Alfred F GLASAIR SH2 · Colorado Spring, CO · July 15, 2017

Date
July 15, 2017 · 12:45 local
Place
Colorado Spring, CO
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N181AL
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN17LA274
Reported as
Endler Alfred F Glasair SH2
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total20 in this make and model55 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 JULY15,2017 privacy data omitted and privacy data omitted attempted to takeoff at meadow lake airport in a glassair ii, N181AL. During the takeoff attempt privacy data omitted lost control of the aircraft . The aircraft departed the runway, travel through the grass, crossed a small ditch and stopped at taxiway a and A4 where it caught on fire and burned. Both the pilot and passenger exited the aircraft with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY15,2017 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF AT MEADOW LAKE AIRPORT IN A GLASSAIR II, N181AL. DURING THE TAKEOFF ATTEMPT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT . THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, TRAVEL THROUGH THE GRASS, CROSSED A SMALL DITCH AND STOPPED AT TAXIWAY A AND A4 WHERE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED. BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.