# Accident 20050804017849A: Cirrus SR22, Orlando, FL, August 4, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2005, 12:05 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5456° N, 81.3331° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5456&lon=-81.3331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N513CD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 250 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050804017849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT DURING TAKEOFF ROLL THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR ON THE MFD WAS ERRATIC. PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT TAKEOFF. AFTER CLEARING THE ACTIVE RUNWAY THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO INSPECT PITOT TUBE. AT THAT TIME HE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM RIGHT WHEEL AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DAMAGED THE RIGHT WHEEL AND STRUT, THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT WING AND THE RIGHT FLAP. THE 'B' NUT ON THE RIGHT BRAKE HOSE WAS FOUND LOOSE AT THE BRAKE CALIPER.

## 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 MIA05LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA143), Aug 4, 2005: Cirrus Design SR22 (N513CD), Orlando, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The manufacturer's defective wheel brake assembly design and a leaking wheel brake, resulting in an overheated brake assembly and a wheel fire during an aborted takeoff.

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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