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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lancair LC41-550FG · Santa Barbara, CA · September 9, 2025

Date
September 9, 2025 · 12:35 local
Place
Santa Barbara, CA
Airport
Santa Barbara Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2518H
Reported as
Lancair LC41-550FG
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-550 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
9,400 total9 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While sitting in airplane with engine running at approximately 900TO1000 RPM, airplane rolled forward into a hanger door damaging the spinner and the propellor.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE SITTING IN AIRPLANE WITH ENGINE RUNNING AT APPROXIMATELY 900TO1000 RPM, AIRPLANE ROLLED FORWARD INTO A HANGER DOOR DAMAGING THE SPINNER AND THE PROPELLOR.

Other reports on N2518H · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.