Columbia LC42-550FG N2537A

Summary

On 26 May 2007 at about 15:07 local time, a Columbia LC42-550FG registered N2537A was involved in an accident near Burnsville, North Carolina, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 May 2007 at 15:07

Classification

Accident

Location

Burnsville, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Mountain Air Airport (2NC0)

Coordinates

35.8711, -82.3447

Aircraft

Columbia LC42-550FG

Registration

N2537A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Petersburg → Burnsville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC07FA126

3 people died.

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing resulting in a loss of directional control and subsequent impact with several parked airplanes.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was attempting to land at an airport that was located on the top of a mountain, and the single runway was 2,875 feet long by 50 feet wide. The airplane approached runway "high and fast," touched down within the first third, and bounced about 10 to 20 feet above the surface. The airplane bounced again about 300 feet further down the runway, in a 20- to 30-degree nose up attitude, and with the speed brakes deployed. The airplane then veered left of the runway centerline, and the engine sound increased to "full power." As the airplane headed toward an embankment off the left side of the runway, it rolled right, and the right wing tip scraped the runway. After traveling up the embankment, the airplane turned back toward the runway, crossed it, and struck four parked airplanes. A post-impact fire consumed the accident airplane, and two of the four parked airplanes. Examination of the wreckage identified no preimpact mechanical anomalies, and there were not notable medical anomalies associated with the pilot.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.