# Accident 20081119856879A: Cirrus SR20, Green Cove Spr, FL, November 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2008, 12:20 local time
- Place: Green Cove Spr, FL
- Airport: Reynolds Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: F4ES
- Location: 29.9644° N, 81.6650° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9644&lon=-81.6650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N389CP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N389CP-2014-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 500 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081119856879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 19, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 HRS AIRCRAFT N389CP, SERIAL # 1881, WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY VFR TRAINING FLIGHT DEPARTING FROM FLAGLER COUNTY AIRPORT (X47) TO CECIL FIELD AIRPORT (VQQ).  AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN ITS DESCENT TO VQQ THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADVISED HIS STUDENT PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, TO PULL BACK THE ENGINE THROTTLE.  THE STUDENT PULLED THE ENGINE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE POWER WHEN THE ENGINE THROTTLE JAMMED IN THE IDLE POSITION.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT REYNOLDS AIRPARK (FL60) BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN HIS AIRPSEED AND LANDED A HALF MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN A WOODED AREA.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE STANDBY ALTERNATOR A+ WIRE HAD CHAFED THROUGH THE ENGINE THROTTLE CABLE RESULTING IN THE A+ WIRE AND ENGINE THROTTLE CABLE TO FUSE TOGETHER.  THIS ACTION PREVENTED THE PILOT FROM ADVANCING THE ENGINE THROTTLE PAST IDLE.

## 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 ERA09LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA062), Nov 19, 2008: Cirrus Design SR20 (N389CP), Green Cove Springs, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fusing of an electrical cable from the No. 2 (standby) alternator with the throttle cable resulting in the flight crew’s inability to move the throttle control. Contributing to the accident was…

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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