# Accident 20070308832159A: Camair 480, West Mansfield, OH, March 8, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2007, 11:15 local time
- Place: West Mansfield, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3078° N, 83.5861° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3078&lon=-83.5861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N209, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N209-2008-12-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Camair 480 (registry code 1890102, https://openairdocs.org/model/camair-480) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMAIR 480
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,261 total, 360 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070308832159A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON 03-08-07, AIRCRAFT N209, CAMAIR-480 IMPACTED THE GROUND ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AT APPROXIMATELY 1115 LOCAL TIME.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 9000 C.R. 26, WEST MANSFIELD, OH 43358.  THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT, DID NOT SURVIVE THE IMPACT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  ADDITIONALLY, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED POST-IMPACT FIRE DAMAGE.  DAYTON FLIGHT SERVICE AND THE NTSB REPRESTATIVES WERE NOTIFIED BY IIC HARDEN, FROM THE CMH/FSDO REGARDING THIS ACCIDENT.  THE ENGINE MANUFACTURER, TCM, WAS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE ON SITE SUPPORT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI07LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA086), Mar 8, 2007: Camair 480 (N209), East Liberty, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The uncontrolled descent for undetermined reasons.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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