# Accident 20090830049119A: Beech B19, Spring Grove, PA, August 30, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2009, 16:30 local time
- Place: Spring Grove, PA
- Airport: York-Thomasville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9233° N, 76.8767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9233&lon=-76.8767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6982R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6982R-2013-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B19 (registry code 1151215, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B19
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 265 total, 140 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA493](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA493) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090830049119A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CLIMB POWER AFTER TAKEOFF RWY 35 AT THV.WHILE MANUVERING FOR RETURN TO RUNWAY, ENGINE OPERATION CEASED.  PILOT MADE OFF-AIRPORT LANDING IN CORNFIELD, ONE MILE SOUTH OF AIRPORT.

## 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 ERA09CA493](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA493), Aug 30, 2009: Beech B19 (N6982R), Thomasville, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to a partial blockage of the carburetor fuel inlet filter.

## Other reports on N6982R (2)

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

- [Incident 19900128020739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900128020739I), Jan 28, 1990: Beech B19 (N6982R), Brainerd, MN, Minor damage. Lost directional control of aircraft on landing rollout. Veered off runway and hit a snowbank.
- [Incident 19801231086439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801231086439I), Dec 31, 1980: Beech B19 (N6982R), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Zd pilot ran off the runway on his third landing attempt.

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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