# Incident 20111203028659I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Jacksonville, FL, December 3, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2011, 22:00 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 30.2333° N, 81.6750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2333&lon=-81.6750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N486DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N486DA-2019-07-09) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 829 total, 39 in this make and model, 114 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12IA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12IA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111203028659I

## Narrative

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

ON A DUAL NIGHT CROSS COUNRTY IFR FLIGHT WHILE DESCENDING TO LAND AT CRAIG FIELD (CRG) THE ENGINE LOSS POWER AT 3000 FEET. UNABLE TO MAKE EITHER CRAIG FIELD (CRG) OR JAX NAS (NIP) THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON HIGHWAY 295. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL.

## 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 ERA12IA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12IA158), Dec 4, 2011: Cirrus Design SR20 (N486DA), Jacksonville, FL, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The failure of a crankshaft gear tooth due to fatigue, which resulted in the loss of several additional gear teeth and a subsequent total loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N486DA (1)

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

- [Accident 20180316013722A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180316013722A), Mar 16, 2018: Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (N486DA), Palatka, FL, Destroyed. Airman was conducting touch and go landings at the Palatka (29J) Florida airport on the morning of March 16, 2018. At the same time, another aircraft was also…

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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