# Incident 20090522008429I: Raythn G36, Decatur, IL, May 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2009, 14:20 local time
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Decatur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8346° N, 88.8657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR (DEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8346&lon=-88.8657&mi=10
- Aircraft: N427DE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N427DE-2010-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawker Beechcraft G36 (registry code 4220009, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-beechcraft-g36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-B (registry code 17208, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHN G36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 600 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090522008429I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE THINKS THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN FIRST WHILE HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT DECATUR, IL.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO "PORPOISE" TOUCHING DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TWICE.  ON THE THIRD TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BROKE OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON IT'S NOSE AND MAIN LANDING GEAR APPROXIMATE 680 FEET BEFORE STOPPING.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, BOTTOM ENGINE COWLING AND NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS UNINJURED.

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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