# Incident 20170720014709I: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC42-550FG, Chesterfield, VA, July 20, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2017, 19:30 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, VA
- Airport: Richmond Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3771° N, 77.5058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesterfield, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3771&lon=-77.5058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N964SG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N964SG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC42-550FG (registry code 5150012, https://openairdocs.org/model/columbia-aircraft-mfg-lc42-550fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COLUMBIA AIRCRAFT MFG LC42-550FG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 62 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170720014709I

## Narrative

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

^MR. JOSEPH HOYLE^ WAS CONDUCTING A RENTAL CHECKOUT FOR ^STUART COX^.  SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL LANDINGS TOOK PLACE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.  ON THE FINAL LANDING, ^MR. COX^ WAS TOLD TWICE BY ^MR. HOYLE^ THAT HE WAS LOW AND FINALLY THAT HE WAS LOW AND SLOW.  ^MR HOYLE^ STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH IN THE THROTTLE BUT ^MR. COX'S^ HAND WAS IN THE WAY.  THE PLANE LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY DAMAGING THE TIRES, WHEEL PANTS, ONE FAIRING, AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK A THRESHOLD LIGHT.

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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