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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cirrus SR22 · Annapolis, MD · July 11, 2006

Date
July 11, 2006 · 09:43 local
Place
Annapolis, MD
Airport
Lee
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8136Q
Reported as
Cirrus SR22
Reported engine
Continental IO550*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
2,591 total167 in this make and model9 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) The SR-22 was approaching the threshold to rnwy 30 high and fast, started a dive toward the runway then leveled off at 75 feet and initiated a partial power go-around with full flaps. It made an abrupt steep banked left crosswind turn 3/4 down the runway. The aircraft was maneuvering well below pattern altitude as it descended through a tree line in a knife edge configuration. It crashed in a soy bean field adjacent to the left side of the runway. Witnesses in a house below heard loud engine noises just before impact. The aircraft was configured with full flaps, and prop signatures in the dirt indicate the engine was developing power at the time of impact. The pilot suffered fatal injuries and the aircraft was destroyed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE SR-22 WAS APPROACHING THE THRESHOLD TO RNWY 30 HIGH AND FAST, STARTED A DIVE TOWARD THE RUNWAY THEN LEVELED OFF AT 75 FEET AND INITIATED A PARTIAL POWER GO-AROUND WITH FULL FLAPS. IT MADE AN ABRUPT STEEP BANKED LEFT CROSSWIND TURN 3/4 DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERING WELL BELOW PATTERN ALTITUDE AS IT DESCENDED THROUGH A TREE LINE IN A KNIFE EDGE CONFIGURATION. IT CRASHED IN A SOY BEAN FIELD ADJACENT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. WITNESSES IN A HOUSE BELOW HEARD LOUD ENGINE NOISES JUST BEFORE IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED WITH FULL FLAPS, AND PROP SIGNATURES IN THE DIRT INDICATE THE ENGINE WAS DEVELOPING POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. THE PILOT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.