# Accident 20090417013459A: Alexan SPORTSMANGS2, El Dorado Hill, CA, April 17, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2009, 17:00 local time
- Place: El Dorado Hill, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6667° N, 121.0500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6667&lon=-121.0500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N209TP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N209TP-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Alexander Thomas P SPORTSMAN GS-2 (registry code 056272J, https://openairdocs.org/model/alexander-thomas-p-sportsman-gs-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-390 series (registry code 41678, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-390-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ALEXAN SPORTSMANGS2
- Reported engine: LYC IO390
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090417013459A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE CRASHED AND BURNED.  THE PILOT WAS KILLED.  THEIR WERE NO PASSENGERS.  THIS REPORT TO BE UPDATED AS NEEDED.  THE INVESTIGATION NOT COMPLETED AT THIS TIME.  AMENDMENT - AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO RESIDENTIAL AREA FOR UNKNOWN REASONS.  FIRE DESTROYED AIRCRAFT AND PILOT WAS KILLED.

## 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 WPR09LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA202), Apr 18, 2009: Alexander Thomas P Sportsman GS-2 (N209TP), El Dorado HIlls, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight separation of the elevator control torque tube rod end bearing from the elevator torque tube as a result of incorrectly tightened rod end bearing lock nuts.

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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