- Date
- June 27, 2018, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Chelan, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1266CColumbia Aircraft Mfg LC41
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180627008689A
- Case key
- 97626
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper approach, which resulted in the airplane landing long and a subsequent runway overrun.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he made a steep approach and touched down two-thirds down the length of the runway beyond the approach end and faster than expected. Subsequently, he applied full brakes, but the airplane overran the end of runway. The airplane crossed a road and briefly became airborne. The airplane touched down hard and came to rest upright in a field with heavy vegetation. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he made a steep approach and touched down two-thirds the length of the runway beyond the approach end, and faster than expected. Subsequently, he applied full brakes but overran the end of runway. The airplane traversed over a road and briefly became airborne. The airplane touchdown hard and came to rest upright on a field with heavy vegetation. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1266C
- Reported as
- Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41 (550FG)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 41615
- Built
- 2006
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-550 C, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 2018
- Departed
- PAE · Everett, WA
- Destination
- S10 · Chelan, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- S10 · Lake Chelan, runway 02, 3,503 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Onboard weather, Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 18, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 814 total · 142 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- KEAT, 30 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 27, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.