Lancair LC42-550FG N6502A
4 July 2009 · Ocean City, New Jersey, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 4 July 2009 at about 14:00 local time, a Lancair LC42-550FG registered N6502A was involved in an accident near Ocean City, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 14:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Ocean City, New Jersey, United States
- Nearest airport
- Ocean City Municipal Airport (26N)
- Coordinates
- 39.2633, -74.6072
- Aircraft
- Lancair LC42-550FG
- Registration
- N6502A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Lancaster → Ocean City
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA09LA384
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
An in-flight collision with birds during landing. Contributing to the accident was the airport's lack of a wildlife mitigation program.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
While landing at his destination airport, the pilot observed two Canada geese emerge from the grass beside the runway. The airplane struck the geese with the propeller and right main landing gear, then veered off the runway and struck a concrete runway light mounting pad. Postaccident examination revealed damage to the propeller, engine cowling, and composite structure of the airframe, as well as damage to the nosewheel and main landing gear. The airport experienced 55 aircraft operations a day with 60 percent of the operations involving transient aircraft. The airport was also located next to a marsh, and the airport, marsh, and an adjacent golf course had approximately 30 Canada geese permanently inhabiting the area. No warning regarding birds being on or in the vicinity of the airport was published in the airport facility directory, nor was a warning recorded on the airport's automated weather advisory system. No fencing was present to keep geese from walking onto the airport from the marsh, and the airport did not have a formal wildlife mitigation program.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sep 2012 | Lancair LC42-550FG | Okeechobee, Florida, United States | Global Governments Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 31 Mar 2013 | Lancair LC42-550FG | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States | Dennis O'Neal | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Feb 2004 | Lancair LC42-550FG | Redmond, Oregon, United States | Lancair Company | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jun 2024 | Lancair LC42-550FG | Humboldt Bay, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jun 2024 | Lancair LC42-550FG | Beaufort, North Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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