Camair 480 N209
8 March 2007 · East Liberty, Ohio, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 8 March 2007 at about 16:14 local time, a Camair 480 registered N209 was involved in an accident near East Liberty, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:14
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- East Liberty, Ohio, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Camair 480
- Registration
- N209
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Radner → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI07LA086
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The uncontrolled descent for undetermined reasons.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane was destroyed and its pilot killed when in impacted into a farm field during an uncontrolled descent. Global positioning system receiver (GPS) data showed that during the last two minutes of the flight, the airplane began a climb to about 3,950 feet GPS altitude while slowing to a groundspeed of 32 mph. The average rate of climb during this approximately 1 minute long period was about 930 feet per minute and the aircraft course was about 310 degrees. The aircraft then rapidly descended until the end of the data. The average descent rate over this approximately 20-second period was about 7,700 feet per minute. The aircraft groundspeed during the last approximately 15 seconds of the flight varied from 27 mph to 68 mph. The aircraft heading during the last approximately 20 seconds of the flight oscillated rapidly left and right at a rate varying from 20 degrees per second to 60 degrees per second. The aircraft traveled approximately 500 feet west, at an average groundspeed of about 22 mph, during this time. No pre-impact anomalies were found with respect to the airplane, its engines, or systems.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Camair 480 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 1984 | Camair 480 | Cumming, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Aug 1983 | Camair 480 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 7 May 1976 | Camair 480 | Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States | National Finaj | No injuries | - |
| 23 May 1975 | Camair 480 | Honesdale, Pennsylvania, United States | Cherry Point M | No injuries | - |
| 17 Nov 1973 | Camair 480 | Lantana, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Mar 1973 | Camair 480 | Dunkirk, New York, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2007 | McDonnell Douglas 369E | Columbus, Ohio, United States | City of Columbus Police Department | No injuries | - |
| 26 Sep 2007 | Piper PA-32R-301T | Defiance, Ohio, United States | Paul E. Harris | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Oct 2007 | Beechcraft N35 | Elyra, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jul 2007 | Chrapczynski M1 MIDGET MUSTANG | Elyria, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Sep 2007 | Beechcraft C23 | Carrollton, Ohio, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 4 Oct 2007 | Cessna 182 | Middlefield, Ohio, United States | T&G Flying Club | No injuries | - |