# Accident 20090606010009A: Dhav VAMPIREMK3, Rochester, NY, June 6, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2009, 15:35 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1186° N, 77.6722° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1186&lon=-77.6722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6878D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6878D-2014-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland VAMPIRE MK-3 (registry code 2801512, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-vampire-mk-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV VAMPIREMK3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,200 total, 2 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA324) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090606010009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 6, 2009, AT 1535 EDT, A DEHAVILLAND VAMPIRE, N6878D, REGISTERED TO WINGS OF FLIGHT, INC., RETURNED TO THE ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KROC) WHEN AT ABOUT 3500 FEET MSL, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD NOISE FOLLOWED BY AN ENGINE VIBRATION, ENGINE POWER LOSS AND SHUTDOWN.  THE PILOT MADE AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 4 BUT HIT SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND LOST CONTROL CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY 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 ERA09LA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA324), Jun 6, 2009: De Havilland Vampire MK-3 (N6878D), Rochester, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to oil starvation.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.