# Incident 20190814014179I: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, Sedona, AZ, August 14, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2019, 09:30 local time
- Place: Sedona, AZ
- Airport: Sedona
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8486° N, 111.7884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEDONA (SEZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8486&lon=-111.7884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N181LD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N181LD) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 49 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190814014179I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND AFTER FIRST 1/3 OF RUNWAY DUE TO KNOWN DOWNDRAFT EFFECT AT APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 3 BUT AIRCRAFT FLOATED AND LANDED LONG.  PILOT BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT WITH DISTANCE REMAINING AND ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND.  THE ENGINE SPUTTERED BUT THEN IT CAUGHT AFTER HE TURNED THE BOOST PUMP TURNED ON.  DURING THIS TIME, AIRSPEED DECAYED TO ABOUT 57 KNOTS SO PILOT PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN TO INCREASE THE AIRSPEED.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TOP OF THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE WITH PROP AND LEFT-MAIN GEAR.  AIRCRAFT PITOT PROBE WAS KNOCKED OFF THE LEFT WING SO PILOT RELIED ON GPS AIRSPEED AND AIRCRAFT FEEL TO EXECUTE THE FIRST GO-AROUND.  INCIDENT PILOT WAS IN RADIO COMMUNICATION WITH ANOTHER PILOT ON THE GROUND THAT USED HIS BINOCULARS TO VERIFY LANDING GEAR WAS INTACT.  INCIDENT PILOT EXECUTED ANOTHER GO-AROUND AND CAME IN TO LAND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  PILOT IS VOLUNTEERING TO TAKE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN TRAINING WITH DPE.  IT WAS DISCUSSED WITH AIRPORTS DIVISION TO LOOK INTO MOVING THE FENCE LINE AT THE REQUEST OF THE SEDONA AIRPORT MANAGEMENT.

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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