# Incident 20111223029559I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, St. Louis, MO, December 23, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2011, 11:30 local time
- Place: St. Louis, MO
- Airport: Creve Coeur Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7273° N, 90.5084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CREVE COEUR (1H0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7273&lon=-90.5084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101ED, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101ED-2025-06-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,980 total, 20 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111223029559I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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