# NTSB ERA26LA059: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, N1294P, Chatham, MA, November 30, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: November 30, 2025, 17:18 local (22:18 UTC)
- Place: Chatham, MA · on airport CQX
- Coordinates: 41.691874, -69.985229 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6919&lon=-69.9852&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 21, 2026
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA / FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202089
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202089/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=202089
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA059

## 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.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Wind: tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Awareness of condition; cases with it: [Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md?model=5150011), [All aircraft, 594 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=5150011), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=5150011), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=5150011), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=5150011), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that the airplane was established on a straight-in nighttime visual approach. During landing, he observed that the runway was wet from recent rainfall. After touchdown with a right quartering tailwind, the airplane encountered a gust of wind and became airborne. The airplane stayed airborne for a few hundred feet before touching down again. The pilot subsequently applied the brakes; however, the airplane overran the end of the runway, continued down a grassy slope and impacted the perimeter fence, which resulted in substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1294P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1294P), registered now, S/N 41660, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COLUMBIA AIRCRAFT MFG LC41-550FG
- Registry model: [Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG](https://openairdocs.org/model/columbia-aircraft-mfg-lc41-550fg) (registry code 5150011) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-550-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-c) (registry code 17246, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 41660
- Year built: 2006
- Airframe hours: 1581
- Engines: TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL MOTORS TSIO-550-C 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, July 2, 2025, 39 hours before
- Departed: ILM, Wilmington, NC
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: CQX, Chatham Muni, runway 06, 3,001 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather, Handheld GPS, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review January 9, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 443 total, 290 in this make and model, 443 as pilot in command, 37 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,300 ft overcast
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.14 inHg
- Observed at: CQX
- METAR: METAR KCQX 302152Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM OVC043 09/07 A3014 RMK AO2 RAE2055B12E27

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20251130017479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251130017479A), Nov 30, 2025: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, Chatham, MA, Substantial damage. 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…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 21, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=202089. 48.1 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 4.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19739965&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ERA26LA059_6120_Filled_N1294P_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigation photo array (item 2, PDF, 5 pages, 4 photos, 4.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19739734&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ERA26LA059%20Photo%20Array%20N1294P_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Surveillance video of landing (item 3, MP4, 39.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19746711&FileExtension=mp4&FileName=AP%20-%20Runway%201_20251130_171400-Rel.mp4

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.

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