20111215028099A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cirrus Design SR22 · Farmville, VA · December 15, 2011

Date
December 15, 2011 · 19:40 local
Place
Farmville, VA
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N788SR
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12CA110
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total543 in this make and model201 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot failed to maintain correct glide path, collided with obstructions and landed short.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN CORRECT GLIDE PATH, COLLIDED WITH OBSTRUCTIONS AND LANDED SHORT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.