# Accident 20041016028039A: Cirrus SR22, Port Austin, MI, October 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2004, 17:05 local time
- Place: Port Austin, MI
- Airport: Grindstone Air Harbor Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0478° N, 82.9142° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0478&lon=-82.9142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555MN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555MN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 92 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041016028039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 18 AT GRINDSTONE AIRPORT (29C) AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT AGL THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED WIND GUSTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE PILOT ADDED POWER TO RECOVER FROM THE GUST WHICH INCREASED HIS SPEED 10-15 KNOTS ABOVE A NORMAL APPROACH SPEED FOR THIS AIRCRAFT. HE LANDED WHAT HE ESTIMATES AS 200 FEET DOWN THE 1800 FOOT RUNWAY. ON ROLL OUT, THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKES AND NOTED THE AIRCRAFT STARTING TO SKID ON THE WET GRASS. THE PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE ROLL OUT SINCE HE DID NOT THINK THERE WAS ENOUGH RUNWAY LEFT TO TAKEOFF AND CLEAR POWER LINES LOCATED 600 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END. THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN USING THE IDLE CUT-OFF, SHUT OFF THE FUEL AND BATTERY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A FENCE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. IT IS THE IMPACT WITH THE FENCE THAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE DAMAGE IS AS FOLLOWS: DENT IN LEADING EDGE OF LEFT WING, NO SPAR DAMAGE, LEFT AILERON AND FLAP DAMAGED, MINOR CRACK IN RIGHT WING TIP AND ENGINE COWLING, PROP TIPS BENT, NO APPARENT ENGINE MOUNT DAMAGE.

## 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 CHI05CA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA007), Oct 16, 2004: Cirrus Design SR22 (N555MN), Port Austin, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive airspeed during landing resulting in the airplane exiting the end of the wet turf runway. Factors were the wind gusts, the wet grass, the reported airplane braking not being…

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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