# Accident 20111122026819A: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Spring Hill, FL, November 22, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2011, 09:06 local time
- Place: Spring Hill, FL
- Airport: Pilot Country
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3239° N, 82.4689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3239&lon=-82.4689&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 DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 140 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111122026819A

## Narrative

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

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 INSTRUMENT INSTALLED IN AIRCRAFT) WAS THE RUNWAY AND APPROACHED FOR LANDING. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A RESIDENTIAL COUNTY ROAD AND AS HE APPLIED POWER TO GO AROUND STRUCK A BRICK MAILBOX STRUCTURE. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ALONG THE ROAD FOR 1150 FEET STRIKING SEVERAL MORE MAILBOX POSTS, TREES, AND FENCES COMING TO A REST AGAINST A FENCE IN THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. 100 HOUR,  ANNUAL INSPECTION, AND ALL REQUIRED AIRCRAFT INSPECTIONS ARE CURRENT.

## 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 ERA12CA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA082), Nov 22, 2011: Cirrus Design SR20 (N497DA), Brooksville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's incorrect identification of the runway, which resulted in an off-airport landing and subsequent collision with objects.

## 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…
- [Incident 20110106000509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110106000509I), Jan 6, 2011: Cirrus Desi SR20 (N497DA), Apopka, FL, Minor damage. In the flare for croswind landing on rw 33 at Orlando-Apopka Airport (X04), aircraft encountered mechanical turbulence and lost control, landing hard abeam…

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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