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FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR20 · St. Louis, MO · December 23, 2011

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Date
December 23, 2011 · 11:30 local
Place
St. Louis, MO
Airport
Creve Coeur Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N101ED
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR20
Reported engine
Continental IO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,980 total20 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days
N101EDRegistration cancelled Jun 23, 2025 · Cirrus Design SR20S/N 1093 · Built 2000Airframe modelCirrus Design SR20Engine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

During instructional flight to begin training for the certified flight instructor rating, the commercially rated pilot was receiving instruction while flying from the right seat. The flight consisted of 3 take offs and 3 landings. On the first landing, there was a slight bounce and a full stop was initiated. They taxied back for the second departure. The second landing was very smooth and another full stop landing was initiated. On the third landing, the nose continued to drop past the normal attitude. The instructor pulled aft on the elevator control in an attempt to keep the prop from striking the ground, thinking the nose tire was flat. The nose gear had folded aft under the aircraft and the propeller began striking the ground. The nose of the aircraft continued to settle and then slid to a stop. The initial sliding marks from the nose wheel fairing were on the centerline of the runway and veered gradually left and slid for approximately 800 feet. Pilots secured the aircraft and exited without injury. The left and right nose strut attach point arms were found severed at the aft fillet weld. This allowed the nose strut and nose wheel to move aft under the fuselage. The data tag on the nose strut left attach point arm showed part no.: 11907-003 lot no.: 97650 rev c serial no.: 0094 qa/date : 11/15/2000.

As the FAA filed it

DURING INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT TO BEGIN TRAINING FOR THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING, THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION WHILE FLYING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT. THE FLIGHT CONSISTED OF 3 TAKE OFFS AND 3 LANDINGS. ON THE FIRST LANDING, THERE WAS A SLIGHT BOUNCE AND A FULL STOP WAS INITIATED. THEY TAXIED BACK FOR THE SECOND DEPARTURE. THE SECOND LANDING WAS VERY SMOOTH AND ANOTHER FULL STOP LANDING WAS INITIATED.ON THE THIRD LANDING, THE NOSE CONTINUED TO DROP PAST THE NORMAL ATTITUDE. THE INSTRUCTOR PULLED AFT ON THE ELEVATOR CONTROL IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE PROP FROM STRIKING THE GROUND, THINKING THE NOSE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE NOSE GEAR HAD FOLDED AFT UNDER THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PROPELLER BEGAN STRIKING THE GROUND. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SETTLE AND THEN SLID TO A STOP. THE INITIAL SLIDING MARKS FROM THE NOSE WHEEL FAIRING WERE ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY AND VEERED GRADUALLY LEFT AND SLID FOR APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET. PILOTS SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND EXITED WITHOUT INJURY.THE LEFT AND RIGHT NOSE STRUT ATTACH POINT ARMS WERE FOUND SEVERED AT THE AFT FILLET WELD. THIS ALLOWED THE NOSE STRUT AND NOSE WHEEL TO MOVE AFT UNDER THE FUSELAGE. THE DATA TAG ON THE NOSE STRUT LEFT ATTACH POINT ARM SHOWED PART NO.: 11907-003 LOT NO.: 97650 REV C SERIAL NO.: 0094 QA/DATE : 11/15/2000.