# Accident 20100206055449A: Cirrus Desi SR22, Indiantown, FL, February 6, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2010, 11:40 local time
- Place: Indiantown, FL
- Airport: Indiantown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0314° N, 80.4339° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0314&lon=-80.4339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155ZS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N155ZS-2017-03-06) (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 DESI SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 110 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100206055449A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 6, 2010, APPROXIMATELY 1140 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION, SR22, N155ZS, SERIAL NUMBER 3165, NOSED OVER WHILE LANDING AT INDIANTOWN AIRPORT (X58), INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA. THE PILOT, MR. ROGER SUTTON AND PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE GAINESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (GNV), GAINESVILLE , FLORIDA, AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 EST,AND WAS TO DESTINATE AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PBI), WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. THIS WAS A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT, CONDUCTED UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (DAY VMC).  WHILE IN ROUTE THE PASSENGER BECAME ILL, TO THE POINT WHERE THE PILOT DETERMINED THE NEED TO DEVIATE TO THE INDIANTOWN AIRPORT.  THE PILOT PERFORMED A FLY BY AND THOUGHT IT ADEQUATE FOR LANDING.  DURING THIS TIME THE PILOT ALSO BEGAN TO FEEL NAUSEOUS.  THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NOSE THEN THE LEFT MAIN AND BOUNCED (BALLOONED) UP THEN THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED ONTO ITS BACK.  THE PILOT WAS TRANSPORTED TO MARTIN MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT.THE OBSERVED WEATHER AT WITHAM FIELD AIRPORT (SUA), STUART, FLORIDA, WHICH IS 15 NAUTICAL MILES FROM INDIANTOWN AIRPORT, 72 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WIND SPEED 20 GUSTING TO 27 AT 270. CEILING WAS THIN BROKEN AT 2000 FT.  THE PREVIOUS NIGHT A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM PASSED THROUGH THE AREA DROPPING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN CAUSING THE FIELD TO BE VERY SOFT.

## 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 ERA10LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA135), Feb 6, 2010: Cirrus SR22 (N155ZS), Indiantown, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in damage to the nose landing gear and the airplane nosing over.

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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