# Accident 20100823043639A: Cirrus Desi SR20, Porter, TX, August 23, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2010, 22:16 local time
- Place: Porter, TX
- Airport: Williams Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1636° N, 95.3247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1636&lon=-95.3247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8154M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8154M-2011-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESI SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA502](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA502) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100823043639A

## Narrative

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

THE CIRRUS SR-20 AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35 AT WILLIAMS AIRPORT (9X1) IN PORTER, TEXAS AT NIGHT. THE PILOT MISSED HIS APPROACH AND CLIPPED A 120' PINE TREE WITH THE LEFT WING. THE LEFT WING BROKE APART DUE TO IMPACT WITH TREE.THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED OVER A ROAD AND ROLLED TO THE RIGHT, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE FIRST. IT APPEARS THAT THE PILOT HAD DEPLOYED THE AIRCRAFT'S BALLISTIC RECOVERY PARACHUTE PRIOR TO IMPACT. THE CHUTE WAS NOT FULLY DEPLOYED AND WAS TANGLED IN THE TREES. THE PILOT SUSTAINED FACIAL AND HEAD INJURIES.AS OF THE TIME OF THIS REPORT THE PILOT RECORDS COULD NOT BE OBTAINED SINCETHE PILOT WAS STILL IN ICU AT THE HOSPITAL. PILOTS FAMILY INFORMED THE FAA INSPECTORS  WHEN THE PILOT WAS WELL ENOUGH THEY WOULD HAVE HIM CONTACT THE FAA.AT THAT TIME, THIS 8020-23 WILL BE AMENDED WITH PILOTS INFORMATION.

## 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 CEN10LA502](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA502), Aug 24, 2010: Cirrus Design SR20 (N8154M), Porter, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in performing a go-around, which resulted in an impact with trees.

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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