# Accident 20091101025689A: Beech 77, Gainesville, FL, November 1, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2009, 15:35 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6900° N, 82.2717° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6900&lon=-82.2717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6715V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6715V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 77 (registry code 1153007, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091101025689A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 1, 2009, AT 1535 LOCAL TIME, A BEECH 77, N6715V, REGISTERED TO SCOTT G. PLUNSKE, COLLIDED WITH A LIGHTED RUNWAY SIGN ON LANDING AT GAINESVILLE AIRPORT (GNV), GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WHO WAS ALSO A CFI BUT NOT ACTING IN THAT CAPACITY WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT VALDOSTA, GA ON NOVEMBER 1, 2009 AT 1400 HOURS.

## 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 ERA10CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA045), Nov 1, 2009: Beech 77 (N6715V), Gainesville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing.

## Other reports on N6715V (1)

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

- [Accident 19830922051109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830922051109A), Sep 22, 1983: Beech 77 (N6715V), Montgomery, AL, Substantial damage. Student lost directional control while landing in a crosswind. Airplane left the runway and struck a VASI light.

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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