# Incident 20240125000469I: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC42-550FG, Winston Salem, NC, January 25, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2024, 17:00 local time
- Place: Winston Salem, NC
- Airport: Smith-Reynolds International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1337° N, 80.2220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH REYNOLDS (INT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1337&lon=-80.2220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N974WF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N974WF) (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: 895 total, 406 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240125000469I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 33 DURING THUNDERSTORM. AIRCRAFT HYROPLANED ON WET SURFACE AND RAN OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY PULLING GRASS AND DEBRIS INTO LEFT WHEEL PANT FARING INTERFERING WITH NORMAL WHEEL TURNING. AIRCRAFT USES DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING FOR TURNS WHILE ON THE GROUND.

THIS CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO PULL TO THE LEFT AND FULLY EXIT THE RUNWAY INTO THE ADJACENT GRASS AND GET STUCK IN THE MUD.

AIRCRAFT SUFFERED EXTREMELY MINOR DAMAGE TO WHEELPANTS AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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