# Accident 20210205003459A: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC42-550FG, Larned, KS, February 5, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2021, 14:30 local time
- Place: Larned, KS
- Airport: Larned-Pawnee County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1806° N, 99.0987° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1806&lon=-99.0987&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115FP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N115FP) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 987 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210205003459A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DESCRIBED HOW ON TAKEOFF AT LQR ON RUNWAY 35, HE WAS EXPERIENCING A CROSS WIND OF 13 TO 19 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS FROM THE WEST.  THE TEMPERATURE WAS 50? F, VFR.   TIME WAS 1415 CDT.  THE ENGINE MADE POWER AND THE AIRPLANE REACHED TAKEOFF SPEED BUT DID NOT LIFT OFF.   THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND STOPPED AT THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY.    HE CHECKED PARAMETERS AND TURNED AROUND FACING SOUTH.   DUE TO THE CROSSWIND, HE MADE A DECISION TO TAKEOFF TO THE SOUTH.   AGAIN THE AIRPLANE REACHED TAKEOFF SPEED BUT DID NOT LEAVE THE RUNWAY.   HE DESCRIBED THE FEELING THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS STICKING TO THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  HE AGAIN ABORTED THE TAKEOFF.   THE BRAKES BEGAN TO FADE AND THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE RUNWAY END POINT AND ROLLED ONTO THE GRASS.   HE POWER MOVED THE AIRPLANE FROM THE GRASS ONTO A FIELD SECTION OF PLANTED WHEAT.  HE DISCOVERED BOTH BRAKES WERE ON FIRE.   HE USED A SMALL FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL, BUT THE BOTTLE WENT EMPTY SOON.   HE RAN ACROSS (ABOUT 70 YARDS) TO THE TERMINAL BUILDING FOR ANOTHER FIRE EXTINGUISHER.  BY THE TIME HE RETURNED TO THE AIRPLANE, THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL AND BRAKE WAS INVOLVED IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE FIRE.   THE LEFT WING WAS BADLY BURNED ON THE BOTTOM, LEAVING PIECES OF COMPOSITE CLOTH HANGING DOWN.   BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLIES WERE BADLY BURNED WITH BOTH TIRES BLOWN OUT.  CLOTH FROM BOTH COMPOSITE STRUT FAIRINGS WAS HANGING LOOSE IN THE WIND.   THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE BETWEEN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUTS WAS ALSO BADLY BURNED WITH CLOTH HANGING AND BLISTERS FORMED.  BOTH BRAKE ASSEMBLIES APPEARED TO BE MELTED BY THE HEAT.  PIECES OF THE COMPOSITE CLOTH WERE LEFT IN THE FIELD WHERE HE HAD TAXIED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN21LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA129), Feb 5, 2021: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC42-550FG (N115FP), Larned, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to allow sufficient time for the brakes to cool after a previous aborted takeoff, resulting in a runway excursion during a second aborted takeoff due to degraded braking…

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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