# Incident 20041116033959I: Cirrus SR22, Peachtree City, GA, November 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2004, 11:10 local time
- Place: Peachtree City, GA
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3569° N, 84.5719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3569&lon=-84.5719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N723CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N723CD-2013-08-15) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 248 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05IA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05IA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041116033959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HEARD A "POP" AND CHANGE OF ENGINE TONE DURING DEPARTURE CLIMB. SUSPECTING AN EXHAUST SYSTEM FAILURE, HE IMMEDIATELY RETURNED AND LANDED. UPON LANDING, NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ALLOWING PROPELLER TO STRIKE RUNWAY SURFACE. EXITING AIRCRAFT, PILOT SAW SMOKE EMANATING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. GROUND PERSONNEL RUSHED TO AIRCRAFT AND EXTINGUISHED FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIRE HAD PARTIALLY CONSUMED NOSE GEAR SHOCK ABSORBER CAUSING PROPELLER STRIKE. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED LOOSE FITTING ON FUEL LINE INTO FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT FUEL LEAK UNDER BOOST PUMP PRESSURE. ADDITIONALLY, SECTION OF CYLINDER FUEL DRAIN LINE ON RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE WAS MISSING.

## 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 ATL05IA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05IA025), Nov 16, 2004: Cirrus Design SR22 (N723CD), Peachtree City, GA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of maintenance personnel to properly torque a fuel line fitting, which resulted in a fuel leak and in-flight engine fire.

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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