# Accident 20101021052019A: Cirrus Desi SR20, Sanford, FL, October 21, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2010, 11:30 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 28.7767° N, 81.2353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7767&lon=-81.2353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N495DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N495DA-2015-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESI SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 66 total, 65 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101021052019A

## Narrative

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

THIS OFFICE RESPONDED TO AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT AT THE ORLANDO- SANFORD AIRPORT INVOLVING A CIRRUS SR-20 AIRPLANE. DURING OUR INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT, HE STATED THAT HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27C. HE ALSO REMEMBERED THE WIND AT 8 KNOTS. ON SHORT FINAL WAS READING 75 INDICATED AIRSPEED, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED BACK UP IN THE AIR ABOUT 5 FEET. HE THEN FLARED A SECOND TIME AND THE RESULTS WERE THE SAME HE AGAIN BOUNCED, AT THAT POINT THE STUDENT DECIDED TO ABORT THE 3RD LANDING ATTEMPT AN DO A GO AROUND. APPROXIMATELY 20-30 FEET ALTITUDE HAD 80 KNOTS STILL LOW FOR FLAPS THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TURNING & YAWING LEFT. HE TRIED TO CORRECT AND COULDN'T. IT THEN DESCENDED LEFT INTO THE GRASS LEFT WING LOW. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, IT APPEARS THE AIRCRAFT AS IT HIT THE EMBANKMENT CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO DRIVE INTO THE GROUND,DISLODGE THE ENGINE SUBSEQUENTY ALMOST SOMERSAULTING THE AIRCRAFT SPINNING IT COMPLETELY AROUND IMPAILING IT INTO THE GROUND AND THEN SLIDING ON THE EDGE OF THE GRASS. DEBRIS  AND WITNESS STATEMENTS DEPICT THE SAME SCENARIO. DURING INSPECTION FOUND THE BRS SYSTEM TO BE INTACT, THE LANYARD STRAPS BECAME EXPOSED BUT THE SYSTEM NEVER FIRED AND WAS DISARMED BY AEROSIM. THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AS REQUIRED. THE LEFT GEAR PUSHED THROUGH THE WING CAUSING THE WING TO BREAK AT THE CORD LINE. AS STATED THE ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE FREE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO ROLL SEVERAL TIMES. THE VERTICAL TAIL/RUDDER HINGES HAD TORN CAUSING THE RUDDER HINGES TO ELONGATE DUE TO IMPACT.

## 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 ERA11CA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA030), Oct 21, 2010: Cirrus SR20 (N495DA), Sanford, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of directional control during a go-around maneuver following a bounced 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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