# Accident 20100321029649A: Cirrus Desi SR22, Sugar Land, TX, March 21, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2010, 22:29 local time
- Place: Sugar Land, TX
- Airport: Sugar Land Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6222° N, 95.6564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6222&lon=-95.6564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N616CP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N616CP-2018-03-06) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100321029649A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 17 AT SUGAR LAND AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED AND ENDED UP LANDING IN GRASS BETWEEN TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY.  PILOT APPLIED POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF BUT WAS UNSUCESSFUL AND STRUCK A DITCH TEARING OFF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND THEN AIRCRAFT FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK.

## 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 CEN10CA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA167), Mar 22, 2010: Cirrus Design SR22 (N616CP), Sugar Land, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath and rate of descent during approach, resulting in a hard landing.

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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