# Accident 20110319006351A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Mesa, AZ, March 19, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2011, 11:58 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N329SM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N329SM-2012-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3 total, 208 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110319006351A

## Narrative

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

ON 03/19/11 N329SM, A CIRRUS R-22, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT MESA, AZ FALCON FIELD AIRPORT (KFFZ), CRASHED SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH NO INJURIES TO THE THREE OCCUPANTS AND TWO ANIMALS ON BOARD. N329SM WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 22L. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR AS THE CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR WITH WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT AS HE WAS JUST ENTERING GROUND EFFECT DURING LANDING AND CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE RUNWAY SURFACE HE "FELT SOMETHING HE DIDN'T LIKE" AND DECIDED TO GO-AROUND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FURTHER STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND TO HIS ADVANCEMENT OF THE THROTTLES AND RETRACTION OF THE FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SINK STRIKING THE RUNWAY AND THEN VEERING TO THE LEFT INTO THE TRANSIENT RAMP AREA. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND FIRST FURTHER TURNING THE HEADING AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY. N329SM CONTINUED ACROSS THE RAMP AREA STRIKING N2359Z, A PARKED CESSNA CE-172, COMING TO REST AFTER CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE EMPENNAGE OF THE CESSNA. ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, WITNESS INTERVIEW AND AIRCRAFT INSPECTION INDICATE THE HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED AT AN INAPPROPRIATE TIME DURING THE CRITICAL PHASE OF LANDING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FALL THROUGH "GROUND EFFECT" OUT OF CONTROL STRIKING THE RUNWAY WITH EXTREME FORCE.

## 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 WPR11LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA169), Mar 19, 2011: Cirrus SR22 (N329SM), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's attempt to correct a landing float by adding power, followed by his premature attempt to climb the airplane out of ground effect during a balked landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic…

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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