# Accident 20100702046369A: Cirrus Desi SR22, Burnsville, NC, July 2, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2010, 13:15 local time
- Place: Burnsville, NC
- Airport: Mountain Air
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8686° N, 82.3417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8686&lon=-82.3417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N220WJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N220WJ-2013-09-20) (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 DESI SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 393 total, 213 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA343) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100702046369A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING RWY 23 AT MOUNTAIN AIR, 2NC0.  IMPACTED TERRAIN WITH LANDING GEAR APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET SHORT OF THE PAVEMENT.  THE POINT OF IMPACT WAS ON THE 60 DEGREE DROP OFF PRIOR TO REACHING RWY 32.  THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT ALL THREE GEAR STRUCK AT THIS POINT.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON TO THE RUNWAY WITH DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR (RT MLG) AND THE NOSE GEAR (NLG), ONLY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR (LT MLG) EXHIBITED TIRE MARKS AS IT SLID FORWARD, THE OTHER TWO SIMPLY LEFT WHITE MARKS.  THE RT MLG EXITED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT 375 FEET AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT 500 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD FACING AT A HEADING OF 070 DEGREES.  ALL THREE POB WERE NOT INJURED AND THE TWO PAX WERE NOT AIRMEN.  THE DAMAGE WAS AS FOLLOWS:  RIGHT SPAR WAS COMPLETELY SEVERED.CREASE ON BOTTOM OF RUDDER, WHERE THE RUDDER BUTT RIVETS ONTO THE RUDDER.ALL THREE LANDING GEAR WERE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  LT MLG PUNCTURED A HOLE THROUGH THE TOP OF THE LEFT WING.RIGHT WING TIP WAS SEVERED ALONG WITH APPROXIMATELY 18 SQ. IN. OF THE TOP SKIN OF THE WING.  PROPELLER BLADES FOLDED WHEN THEY IMPACTED THE TERRAIN.  THE FUSELAGE REMAINED MOSTLY INTACT WITH SOME DAMAGE AT THE RIGHT WING ROOT AND WHERE THE PARACHUTE STRAPS ARE IMBEDDED IN THE COMPOSITE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.  THE PARACHUTE DID NOT DEPLOY.

## 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 ERA10CA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA343), Jul 2, 2010: Cirrus Design SR22 (N220WJ), Burnsville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper visual glideslope during final approach.

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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