# Accident 20090707012809A: Cirrus SR22, Winder, GA, July 7, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2009, 12:00 local time
- Place: Winder, GA
- Airport: Northeast Georgia Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9764° N, 83.6711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9764&lon=-83.6711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N316SR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N316SR-2009-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22
- Reported engine: CONT IO550N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32,000 total, 550 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA387) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090707012809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, RIGHT SEAT, IS A CFI AND WAS ACTING AS PIC ON IFR DEPARTURE FROM KPDK.  HE WAS CONDUCTING A FLIGHT REVIEW FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO IS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED, WHO WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT.  THERE WAS A PASSENGER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, IN THE BACK SEAT.  ENROUTE TO KWDR THE PIC CANCELLED IFR WITH ATC AND PROCEDED TO KWDR VFR WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING, LEFT TRAFFIC ON RWY 05 AT KWDR UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  ACCORDING TO^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATEMENT, DUE TO MINIMUM DOWNWIND SPACING AND A SHORT BASE LEG, THE AIRCRAFT OVERSHOT THE FINAL APPROACH.  WHILE ADVANCING THE POWER TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.  THIS IS SUPPORTED BY A WITNESS STATEMENT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  ALL THREE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES WERE SHEERED OFF.  IN ADDITION, THERE APPEARED TO BE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING, THE PROPELLER, THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT, TO THE RIGHT WING, THE RIGHT WING SPAR, RIGHT FLAP ASSEMBLY AND TO THE RUDDER.  THERE WAS MINOR SKIN DAMAGE NEAR THE BALLISTIC PARACHUTE DISCHARGE AREA ON TOP OF THE FUSELAGE, POSSIBLY INDICATING INTERNAL FRAME DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA09CA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA387), Jul 7, 2009: Cirrus Design SR22 (N316SR), Winder, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point during a practice forced landing, and the flight instructor's delayed decision to initiate a go-around.

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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