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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Desi SR22 · Middletown, PA · April 8, 2010

Date
April 8, 2010 · 17:37 local
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N118GS
Reported as
Cirrus Desi SR22
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total150 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The subject aircraft was on final approach. Upon descent thru 100 feet AGL a momentary stall was experienced. The aproach resumed normally until at 15 feet AGL lift was lost and the aircraft touched down hard. Damage to the nose landing gear and propeller resulted.

As the FAA filed it

THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH. UPON DESCENT THRU 100 FEET AGL A MOMENTARY STALL WAS EXPERIENCED. THE APROACH RESUMED NORMALLY UNTIL AT 15 FEET AGL LIFT WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD. DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER RESULTED.