# Accident 20250812015479A: Paschal Jr Roy E VELOCITY XL RG, West Columbia, SC, August 12, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2025, 13:30 local time
- Place: West Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9412° N, 81.1250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9412&lon=-81.1250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7778M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7778M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Paschal JR Roy E VELOCITY XL RG (registry code 05630QB, https://openairdocs.org/model/paschal-jr-roy-e-velocity-xl-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PASCHAL JR ROY E VELOCITY XL RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO 540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 703 total, 220 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA298) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250812015479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM FORT LAUNDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (FXE) LANDED ON RUNWAY 11 AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITANT AIRPORT (CAE) AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 ON 12 JULY 2025. PILOT STATES: HE DID TWO LANDING CHECKS AND LANDED SMOOTHLY WITH NO PROBLEMS. HE ALSO STATED THAT AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND FEET OF ROLLING, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, THEN, MOMENTS LATER, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. ALSO ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 300-400 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST.

UPON INVESTIGATION, EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT THE PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 11. THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT'S FUSEAGE CONTACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE, SLIDING AND COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET FROM TOUCH DOWN. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSEAGE RESULTED, INCLUDING IN SEPARATION OF THE AIRCRAFT SKIN FROM THE AFT BULKHEAD AND DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SUGGESTS THAT THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD COME TO REST. THIS IS EVIDENCED BY A BENT NOSE LANDING GEAR LINEAR ACTUATOR, LACK OF EVIDENCE OF TIRE SIDEWALL SCRUBBING AND BRAKE CALIPER MATERIAL REMOVAL FROM THE SLIDING EVENT, AND A BATTERY OF TESTS CONDUCTED RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER TO DISENGAGE THE MAIN LANDING GEAR LOCK ASSEMBLY. SUBSEQUENT LANDING GEAR SWINGS PERFORMED AT MAINTENANCE PROVIDER INDICATES THAT LANDING GEAR SYSTEM FUNCTIONED AS ADVERTISED.

## 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 ERA25LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA298), Aug 12, 2025: Paschal JR Roy E Velocity XL RG (N7778M), Columbia, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A landing gear collapse during landing.

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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