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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus SR20 · Sturgis, MI · April 11, 2008

Date
April 11, 2008 · 13:00 local
Place
Sturgis, MI
Airport
Kirsch Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
JX8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N48TG
Reported as
Cirrus SR20
Reported engine
Continental IO360ES
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
370 total90 in this make and model60 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) Cfi/pic stated that winds were 190 @ 18 KTS at kirs. On final approach for rwy 18 at 90 KTS IAS with aircraft slowing. On short final aircraft was at about 88 KTS IAS. Student pulled power off over the threshold. Hard landing followed. Aircraft porpoised as a result and go-around was initiated. On climbout student did not have right rudder in. Student added right aileron and put aircraft into 20 degree bank. Instructor corrected for attitude, but did not have time to do much other than maintain safe attitude to land.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) CFI/PIC STATED THAT WINDS WERE 190 @ 18 KTS AT KIRS. ON FINAL APPROACH FOR RWY 18 AT 90 KTS IAS WITH AIRCRAFT SLOWING. ON SHORT FINAL AIRCRAFT WAS AT ABOUT 88 KTS IAS. STUDENT PULLED POWER OFF OVER THE THRESHOLD. HARD LANDING FOLLOWED. AIRCRAFT PORPOISED AS A RESULT AND GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED. ON CLIMBOUT STUDENT DID NOT HAVE RIGHT RUDDER IN. STUDENT ADDED RIGHT AILERON AND PUT AIRCRAFT INTO 20 DEGREE BANK. INSTRUCTOR CORRECTED FOR ATTITUDE, BUT DID NOT HAVE TIME TO DO MUCH OTHER THAN MAINTAIN SAFE ATTITUDE TO LAND.