# Accident 20090908049109A: Socata TB 9 TAMPIC, Griffin, GA, September 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2009, 15:37 local time
- Place: Griffin, GA
- Airport: Griffin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1814° N, 84.2472° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1814&lon=-84.2472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N135ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N135ER-2017-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB 9 TAMPICO (registry code 8680694, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-9-tampico) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB 9 TAMPIC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 190 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA510](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA510) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090908049109A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION.  PILOT REDUCED POWER TO A LEVEL WHERE VIBRATION NOT AS BAD (ABOUT 1400RPM).  WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT (6A2) HE FOUND A FIELD TO ATTEMPT A LANDING ON.  WHEN HE LANDED, THE THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE, AIRCRAFT SLEWED TO THE LEFT AND CONTACTED A TREE.  PILOT AND PASSENGER EVACUATED THE PIRCRAFT SUCESSFULLY.

## 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 ERA09LA510](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA510), Sep 8, 2009: Socata TB 9 Tampi (N135ER), Milner, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the No. 3 cylinder exhaust valve for undetermined reasons.

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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