# Accident 20120427006729A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Anderson, SC, April 27, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Anderson, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4939° N, 82.7078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4939&lon=-82.7078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N154CK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N154CK-2013-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 250 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12FA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA303) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120427006729A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS RECEIVING RECURRENT FLIGHT TRAINING ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR  (CFI) STATED THAT THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (GMU), GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA ABOUT 1045, AND THEY THEN PROCEEDED TO OCONEE COUNTY AIRPORT (CEU), CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE THE PILOT PERFORMED 1 FULL STOP PRACTICE LANDING, THEN DEPARTED FOR ANDERSON COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (AND), ANDERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE CFI THEN OBSERVED THE PILOT AS HE PERFORMED ABOUT 6 OR 7 PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS, ALL OF WHICH TERMINATED IN A FULL STOP AND TAXI BACK TO RUNWAY 23. ALL OF THE LANDINGS PRACTICED WERE UTILIZING NORMAL PROCEDURES (NO EMERGENCIES OR SIMULATED FAILURES).  THE PILOT THEN TAXIED THE AIRPLANE TO THE FIXED BASE OPERATOR (FBO), WHERE THE CFI DISEMBARKED THE AIRPLANE AND TOLD THE PILOT TO PERFORM 3 ADDITIONAL PRACTICE FULL STOP TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. THE PILOT'S FIRST  TAKEOFF AND LANDING APPEARED NORMAL. AS THE PILOT FLEW AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE CFI COULD HEAR HIM MAKING THE EXPECTED RADIO POSITION REPORTS VIA A SPEAKER POSTED OUTSIDE OF THE FBO. DURING THE SECOND CIRCUIT, THE CFI WAS UNABLE TO HEAR THE SPEAKER OVER THE NOISE OF A JET'S AUXILIARY POWER UNIT THAT HAD BEEN STARTED. AS HAD HAPPENED DURING THE FIRST CIRCUIT, HE LOST SIGHT OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE BASE LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THEN REACQUIRED THE AIRPLANE'S LANDING LIGHT AS IT TURNED ON TO THE FINAL LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE AIRPLANE APPROACHED THE RUNWAY IN A STABLE DESCENT, APPEARED TO LAND NORMALLY WITHOUT BOUNCING, TOUCHING DOWN WITHIN THE FIRST 10 TO 15 PERCENT OF THE RUNWAY, AS IT HAD DURING THE FIRST  LANDING. EXPECTING THE AIRPLANE TO CONTINUE DOWN THE RUNWAY AND EXIT ON A TAXIWAY, HE WAS SURPRISED WHEN HE SAW THE LANDING LIGHT BEGIN TO ASCEND. AS IT APPROACHED, HE COULD SEE THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD PITCHED UPWARD STEEPLY, TO AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 40 DEGREES. THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED IN THAT ATTITUDE UNTIL THE LEFT WING SUDDENLY DROPPED, SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO AN AERODYNAMIC STALL. THE AIRPLANE THEN DESCENDED IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE UNTIL THE HE LOST SIGHT OF IT BEHIND SLOPING TERRAIN SOUTHEAST OF RUNWAY 23. AFTER IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE.THE CFI ATTEMPTED TO RESCUE THE PILOT, HOWEVER HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE AND HAD TO CEASE HIS RESCUE ATTEMPT. THE CFI OBTAINED BURNS HIMSELF AND HAD TO BE TREATED BY EMS, HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL LATER IN THE EVENING. AT THIS TIME THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN AND THE -23 WILL BE AMENDED AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

## 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 ERA12FA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA303), Apr 27, 2012: Cirrus Design SR22 (N154CK), Anderson, SC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the aborted landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain.

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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