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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus SR22 · Compton, CA · September 14, 2004

Date: September 14, 2004 · 15:55 local
Place: Compton, CA
Airport: Compton Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N721BT
Reported as: Cirrus SR22
Reported engine: Continental IO550N
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,108 total1,014 in this make and model508 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During the landing phase, the pilot contacted the runway (25L) at the half way point enough to bounce the aircraft back into the air approximately fifteen feet. Before the aircraft contacted the runway again, the flight instructor took control of the aircraft, and attempted to make a go-around. The flight instructor lost control of the aircraft which drifted to the left of the runway (25L) at which time the propeller made contact with the taxiway. The aircraft nose and left wing pitched up causing the right wing and landing gear to strike the infield between the runway and taxiway. The aircraft came to rest at this point.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING THE LANDING PHASE, THE PILOT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY (25L) AT THE HALF WAY POINT ENOUGH TO BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT BACK INTO THE AIR APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN FEET. BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AGAIN, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A GO-AROUND. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY (25L) AT WHICH TIME THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE AND LEFT WING PITCHED UP CAUSING THE RIGHT WING AND LANDING GEAR TO STRIKE THE INFIELD BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT THIS POINT.