# Incident 20100703050119I: Bell P39, Tyler, TX, July 3, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2010, 16:04 local time
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Airport: Tyler Pounds Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3535° N, 95.4030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TYLER POUNDS RGNL (TYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3535&lon=-95.4030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6968, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6968) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell P39 (registry code 1180102, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-p39) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison V1710 series (registry code 03001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-v1710-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL P39
- Reported engine: ALLISON V1710
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100703050119I

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY JULY 3, 2010 AT 1500L AIRCRAFT N6968 (BELL P-39) DEPARTED SAN MARCOS, TX AIRPORT ENROUTE TO TYLER POUNDS REGIONAL AIRPORT POSITIONING IN FOR AN AIRSHOW.WEATHER AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT WAS VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR). AT APPROAXIMATLEY 1600L ON APPROACH AIRCRAFT ENTERED RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 13. ALL PRE LANDING CHECKLISTS WERE COMPLETED.ONCE THE AIRCRAFT TURNED BASE TO FINAL THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THE RUNWAY INSIGHT. (HE STATED THAT HE HAD A FALSE FEELING THAT HE WAS HIGH ON FINAL.) HE MADE THE DECISION TO CONTINUE THE APPROACH WITH VISUAL REFERENCE OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FELT AND HEARD IMPACTS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS. AT THAT POINT HE DECIDED TO APPLY POWER AND FLY UP TO THE RUNWAY AND LAND. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN 300' SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND BECAME AIRBORNE 60' FROM THE RUNWAY. ONE LIGHT AND A BRACE WERE DAMAGED ON THE 600' MALSR LIGHT BAR (APPROX HT 30').THE 400' MALSR WAS SEVERED AT THE MID-POLE BREAKWAY. THE MIDDLE THREE 200' MALSR PIPES WERE SEVERED AT THE GROUND BREAKAWAYS.AFTER LANDING APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY HE ROLLED OUT TO THE END AND EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. HE TAXIED UP TO THE HANGER AND SHUTDOEW THE AIRCRAFT. HE STATED HE DID NOTICE THE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE.THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, LEFT WING OXYGEN COMPARTMENT DOOR, LEFT GEAR DOOR, CENTERLINE TANK NOSE AND LEFT HORIZONTAL LEADING EDGE WERE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N6968 (1)

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

- [Accident 20050417006219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050417006219A), Apr 17, 2005: Bell P39 (N6968), Fredricksburg, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On Monday April 17, 2005 N6968, a Bell aircobra was attempting to land a T82, Gillespie County Airport, Fredricksburg Texas. The aircraft touched down at…

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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