# Accident 20251130017479A: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, Chatham, MA, November 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2025, 17:28 local time
- Place: Chatham, MA
- Airport: Chatham Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6919° N, 69.9852° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6919&lon=-69.9852&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1294P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1294P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG (registry code 5150011, https://openairdocs.org/model/columbia-aircraft-mfg-lc41-550fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-C (registry code 17246, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COLUMBIA AIRCRAFT MFG LC41-550FG
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 442 total, 290 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251130017479A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/30/2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 17:28 LOCAL TIME AIRCRAFT LANDED AT CHATHAM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CQX). THIS WAS THE SECOND FLIGHT OF THE DAY WITH A DEPARTURE POINT OF WILMINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ILM). AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 6 AT CQX, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE ON THE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO GRASS AREA AND CONTACTED AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE. SUBSTANTIAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE STRUCTURE AND WING SPARS FROM PERIMETER FENCE POSTS AND NOSE LANDING GEAR MECHANISM COLLAPSED. NO INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA26LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA059), Nov 30, 2025: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG (N1294P), Chatham, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point while landing with a quartering tailwind, which resulted in a long landing and subsequent runway excursion.

## Other reports on N1294P (1)

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

- [Incident 20070419005229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070419005229I), Apr 19, 2007: Amtr LC41550FG (N1294P), Ontario, CA, Minor damage. (-23) During taxi to runway 26L, the right brake locked and caught fire (at taxiway intersections s and u). The pilot declared an emergency, shut down the…

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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