# Incident 20250909012539I: Lancair Company LC41-550FG, Santa Barbara, CA, September 9, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2025, 12:35 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4262° N, 119.8415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA BARBARA MUNI (SBA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4262&lon=-119.8415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2518H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2518H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lancair LC41-550FG (registry code 5150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/lancair-lc41-550fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550 series (registry code 17043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LANCAIR COMPANY LC41-550FG
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,400 total, 9 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250909012539I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20081111851719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081111851719I), Nov 11, 2008: Lancar LC41550FG (N2518H), Palm Springs, CA, Minor damage. (-23) During landing at rwy 17, the wheel and nose gear assembly (wnga) separated from the nose landing gear oleo strut. Post incident investigation revealed…

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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