# Accident 20090117001439A: Beech 19A, Lafayette, IN, January 17, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2009, 19:33 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4033° N, 86.9392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4033&lon=-86.9392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6509T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6509T-2009-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 19A (registry code 1151214, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-19a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 19A
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 270 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090117001439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/17/2009 AT APPROX 1905 HOURS N6509T PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED LAF IN VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS ON AND IFR FLIGHT PLAN.  AFTER DEPARTURE AND REACHING ALTITUDE PILOT CONTACTED LAF TOWER AND REPORTED AN EMERGENCY THAT THE PROP HAD DEVELOPED A VIBRATION AND THAT PILOT COULD NOT SEE THRU THE WINDSHIELD, PILOT RETURNED TO LAF AND LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 23 FROM THE WEST.  AIRPLANE ATTEMPTED LANDING AND WAS 40 FOOT SHORT OF RUNWAY.  DURING LANDING ATTEMPT THE LEFT WING TIP AND LEFT LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE GROUND AND BROKE OFF THE LEFT WHEEL AND GEAR ASSEMBLY.  THE LEFT WING TIP AND BROKEN GEAR POINT PLOWED DIRT FOR APPROX 12 FOOT PRIOR TO NOSE AND RIGHT GEAR TOUCH DOWN, AT WHICH POINT THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND SKIDDED ONTO THE RUNWAY.  DURING LANDING THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN09CA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA136), Jan 18, 2009: Beech 19 (N6509T), Lafayette, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with icing conditions during initial climb. Contributing to the accident were the lack of visibility during the landing due to an ice covered windscreen, and the…

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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