# Accident 20090805048759A: Vanderhoof AIR COMMAND, Mentone, IN, August 5, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2009, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mentone, IN
- Airport: Mentone
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1500° N, 86.0622° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1500&lon=-86.0622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8099P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8099P-2021-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vanderhoof Steve AIR COMMAND (CLT) (registry code 0590275, https://openairdocs.org/model/vanderhoof-steve-air-command-clt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 503 series (registry code 55564, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-503-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VANDERHOOF AIR COMMAND
- Reported engine: ROTAX 503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,282 total, 89 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA504](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA504) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090805048759A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLLOUT.  AFTER RUNNING OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY THE GYROPLANE COLLIDED WITH A PARKED GYROPLANE.REGARDING #12, NTSB IS CALLING THE PARKED AIRCRAFT ON SIDE OF RUNWAY AN OBJECT INSTEAD OF AN AIRCRAFT SINCE IT WAS NOT MOVING OR OCCUPIED.  THIS IS THE REASON THAT #12 (COLLISION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT) WAS MARKED NO.

## 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 CEN09CA504](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA504), Aug 5, 2009: Vanderhoof Steve AIR Comman (N8099P), Mentone, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing and subsequent impact with a parked aircraft.

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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