# Incident 20110106000509I: Cirrus Desi SR20, Apopka, FL, January 6, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2011, 13:00 local time
- Place: Apopka, FL
- Airport: Orlando-Apopka
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7066° N, 81.5814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO APOPKA (X04), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7066&lon=-81.5814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N497DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N497DA-2015-07-16) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 519 total, 276 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110106000509I

## Narrative

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

IN THE FLARE FOR CROSWIND LANDING ON RW 33 AT ORLANDO-APOPKA AIRPORT (X04), AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED MECHANICAL TURBULENCE AND LOST CONTROL, LANDING HARD ABEAM WIND SOCK, AND SCRAPING TAIL SKEG AND RUDDER.  AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN AT SLOW SPEED.  PILOT RAPIDLY ADDED THROTTLE TO ATTEMPT GO-AROUND; AIRCRAFT ROLLED LEFT, STRIKING LEFT WINGTIP ON RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 550 FEET FURTHER DOWNRANGE.  PILOT ELECTED TO DISCONTINUE GO-AROUND AND RETARDED THROTTLE, DEPARTING RUNWAY SHOULDER AT ONE POINT BEFORE REGAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  NO INJURIES AMONG THE THREE OCCUPANTS; MINOR DAMAGE.  NO AIRPORT DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N497DA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140421005869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140421005869A), Apr 21, 2014: Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (N497DA), Sanford, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot was performing supervised solo takeoffs and landings on runway 27L at orlando-Sanford international airport. According to the student's flight…
- [Accident 20111122026819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111122026819A), Nov 22, 2011: Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (N497DA), Spring Hill, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed sanford (sfb) for a part 91 flight to Pilot Country (X09).on long final to X09 the Pilot lined up on what he identified (based on GPS…

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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