# Accident 20090318004139A: Cirrus SR22, Atlanta, GA, March 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2009, 18:00 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Cobb County-Mc Collum Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0131° N, 84.5969° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0131&lon=-84.5969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N748CD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N748CD) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090318004139A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON TAXI-IN AT EVENING TWILIGHT, ABOUT 1800 LOCAL TIME, RIGHT WINGTIP OF CIRRUS SR22 (N748CD) STRUCK NOSE COWL OF CESSNA 150 N60694, PARKED ON EAST SIDE OF DLK AVIATION RAMP AREA.  MAIN WHEELS OF CESSNA ON WOODEN SLATS ON GRASS WHILE NOSE WHEEL ON PAVEMENT.  THE CESSNA WAS NOT OCCUPIED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  A PAINTED LINE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TAXIWAY FUNCTIONS AS A TAXI CENTERLINE; HOWEVER, THERE IS INADEQUATE CLEARANCE FROM AIRCRAFT PARKED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY IF THE PAINTED LINE IS ACTUALLY USED AS A TAXI-CENTERLINE.  MINIMAL DAMAGE TO N60694, THE CESSNA 150-SMALL DENTS IN NOSE COWL AND BENT BAFFLE PLATE.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO N748CD, THE CIRRUS SR22- WING-TIP NOT REPAIRABLE, MUST BE REPLACED, STRUCTURAL DAMAGE/CRACKS WHERE RIGHT WING MEETS FUSELAGE REQUIRING COMPOSITE MATERIAL REPAIR.

## 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 ERA09CA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA216), Mar 18, 2009: Cirrus Design SR22 (N748CD), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain clearance with a parked airplane.

## Other reports on N748CD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20200924019779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200924019779I), Sep 24, 2020: Cirrus Design Corp SR22 (N748CD), Brookfield, MO, Minor damage. N748CD landed on runway 36 at the Brookfield, MO (M08) airport. The nose wheel separated from the aircraft after touchdown and the aircraft exited the runway…

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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