# Accident 20100829048089A: Cirrus Desi SR22, Acworth, GA, August 29, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2010, 16:58 local time
- Place: Acworth, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0492° N, 84.7644° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0492&lon=-84.7644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N451TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N451TS-2014-08-28) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 750 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA454) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100829048089A

## Narrative

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

ARRIVED AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE IN ACWORTH, GA. REVIEW OF THE SCENE INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE 13TH FAIRWAY OF BENT WATERS GOLF COURSE TRAVELING IN A NORTH BY NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON ITS LANDING GEAR TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET BEFORE THE LEFT WING CONTACTED A LARGE PINE TREE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PIVOT SHARPLY 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 525 FEET FROM ITS INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT FACING EAST, SOUTHEAST GPS FIXN 34DEG 02.952 W 84DEG 45.875. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AT THE MID SPAN AREA AND DEFORMATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE AT THE LEFT WING REAR SPAR TO FUSELAGE JOINT AFTER CONTACTING A PINE TREE. THE LEFT MAIN FUEL TANK WAS RUPTURED AS INDICATED BY A FUEL STAIN ON THE LOWER WING SURFACE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING MORE THEN RESIDUE FUEL IN THE LEFT WING TANK AS NO DISCOLORATION OF VEGETATION WAS NOTED ALONG THE LANDING ROUTE OR AT THE AIRCRAFTS FINAL RESTING PLACE. A VISUAL LOOK IN TO THE LEFT MAIN TANK CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS EMPTY. THE LEFT HAND FLAP IS HANGING FROM ITS HINGES AS A RESULT OF THE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFTS PROPELLER SUSTAINED BENDS TO TWO OUT OF THE THREE BLADES, NONE OF WHICH INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS UNDER POWER AT THE TIME THE DAMAGE OCCURRED. ADDITIONALLY THE PROP SPINNER WAS DAMAGED FROM CONTACT WITH A PINE TREE AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE MOUNTS HAS OCCURRED AS THE ENGINE ALIGNMENT APPEARS TO BE OFF. THE RIGHT WING HAS SUSTAINED RELATIVELY LITTLE DAMAGE. A VERIFICATION OF FUEL IN THE RIGHT WING WAS PERFORMED AND FUEL WAS VISIBLE IN THE TANK.

## 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 ERA10LA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA454), Aug 29, 2010: Cirrus Design SR22 (N451TS), Acworth, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots improper in-flight fuel management resulting in a total loss of engine power during a descent due to fuel starvation.

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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