# Accident 20090414007829A: Namer SNJ4, Bessemer, AL, April 14, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2009, 15:20 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3075° N, 86.9225° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3075&lon=-86.9225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N269WB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N269WB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American-Maslon SNJ-4 (registry code 6400411, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-maslon-snj-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER SNJ4
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,750 total, 230 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA242) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090414007829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 14, 2009 THE PILOT/OWNER FLEW AIRCRAFT N269WB FROM (KJFX) JASPER, ALABAMA TO (KEDY) BESSEMER, ALABAMA.  THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 23 AT 1520 LOCAL AND ACCORDING TO WITNESS THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED OFF THE RUNWAY, AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS OFF THE RUNWAY AFTER STRIKING SOME TREES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT LOWER WING TIP, LEFT LEADING EDGE, LEFT WING FORWARD SPAR AT WING ROOT, ENGINE COWLING, BOTH PROPELLER BLADES BENT AFT AT THE TIPS, RIGHT LANDING LIGHT COVER, ENGINE FIREWALL, AND THE RIGHT WING TIP PITOT TUBE.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 ERA09CA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA242), Apr 14, 2009: North American SNJ (N269WB), Bessemer, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while landing with a crosswind.

## Other reports on N269WB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19861128065329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861128065329A), Nov 28, 1986: Namer SNJ4 (N269WB), El Cajon, CA, Substantial damage. Trouble with left crosswind. Lifted early and stall mushed. Caught wing on ground and ground looped. Poor handling.

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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