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Here's an interesting one close to home for me. This is the field I take most of my training at. I don't know the pilot. Records indicate a bunch of local time and then for over a month, the plane spent a bunch of time in the Bahamas before making an all day trip back to New England in not-so-great weather.

Runway excursion Accident Columbia LC41-550FG Columbia 400 N1294P, Sunday 30 November 2025

A Columbia LC41-550FG Columbia 400, N1294P, sustained substantial damage when it veered off runway 6 and crashed into the perimeter fence at Chatham Municipal Airport (KCQX), Chatham, Mas...
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Bill said:
Surprised their legal team let them put that out there.
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Agree. Seems like that would be a speaks-for-itself poster board to put in front of a civil jury after a pax is killed.
 
Is there any indication of what caused the accident? Putting it on the runway then running into the ditch could be due to a flat, crosswinds, tons of stuff.
 
kyleb said:
Is there any indication of what caused the accident? Putting it on the runway then running into the ditch could be due to a flat, crosswinds, tons of stuff.
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Pretty sure we'll see those famous NTSB words repeated ... pilot error. We don't know what was the contributing factors but they are already hinting that it mighta, coulda, shoulda, been weather related. :dunno:
 
Daleandee said:
Pretty sure we'll see those famous NTSB words repeated ... pilot error. We don't know what was the contributing factors but they are already hinting that it mighta, coulda, shoulda, been weather related. :dunno:
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The conditions don't look bad at all. I'm not sure how/why you'd bung up a landing in those conditions in that aircraft. Which makes me wonder if he had a brake or tire problem.
 
CQX is a funny beast. It's a 3000' runway with basic lighting. Local pilots know that the 2-light PAPI isn't entirely accurate as tree growth has made the glide path a little too narrow for error. What I suspect is the pilot came in too high or too fast (or both) and skidded on the wet surface trying to get it stopped. I'm curious to see how this impacts the current fight on the mere existence of the field. There's some local know-it-alls that want the field closed entirely and have blocked attempts to trim/remove trees and are vehemently opposed to allowing any instrument approach for fear of larger aircraft coming to town.
 
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kyleb said:
The conditions don't look bad at all. I'm not sure how/why you'd bung up a landing in those conditions in that aircraft. Which makes me wonder if he had a brake or tire problem.
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A little over 6 hours flight time. A fuel/Customs stop about halfway through. Here's what FlightAware showed for weather en route:
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KE5BM said:
A little over 6 hours flight time. A fuel/Customs stop about halfway through. Here's what FlightAware showed for weather en route:
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The ceilings, wind, visibility, and temp/dewpoint were all reasonable. I don't see a weather issue AT the airport.
 
Final was released a few weeks ago. Looks like the pilot opted for RWY 06 and had a tailwind. The wind slightly favored 24 but there's hills with houses on the approach there that are impossible to see at night and the lighting into that field is not great. Even the current RNAV is a circling approach. I might have made the same decision going in after dark and raining. 06 is a much nicer approach at night, for sure.

 
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