# Accident 20121021023769A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Pahokee, FL, October 21, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2012, 15:30 local time
- Place: Pahokee, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach Co Glades
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7844° N, 80.6894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7844&lon=-80.6894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6839R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6839R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121021023769A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 21, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:30 EASTERN STANDARD TIME N6839R, A CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION SR22, SERIAL NUMBER 0405, LANDED AT PALM BEACH COUNTY GLADES AIRPARK LOCATED IN PAHOKEE FLORIDA. THE FLIGHT WAS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL OPERATION WITH THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO THE LOCAL FIXED BASE OPERATOR (FBO) FOR FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED LONG ENOUGH TO TAKE ON 67 GALLONS OF FUEL AND FOR THE PILOT AND PASSENGER TO USE THE FBO FACILITIES. AFTER RE-BOARDING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT STATED HE BEGAN TO TAXI BACK TO RUNWAY 35 FOR TAKE OFF. DURING TAXI THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT THE BRAKES FELT AS IF THEY WERE DRAGGING AND WERE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNED AROUND AND RETURNED TO THE RAMP AREA BY THE FBO. AT THIS TIME LINE PERSONNEL NOTICED WHITE SMOKE EMANATING FROM BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLIES. AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES WERE ENGULFED BY FIRE. LINE PERSONNEL CALLED FIRE RESCUE AND BEGAN TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH APPROXIMATELY FIVE HAND HELD FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. WHEN FIRE RESCUE ARRIVED ONLY A SMALL FIRE REMAINED WHICH WAS EXTINGUISHED. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR AND LOWER WING SKIN RESULTED. WING SKIN ON BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE CONSISTS OF SUBSTANTIAL DELIMITATION OF THE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLIES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED, AS WELL AS THE COMPOSITE LANDING GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLIES. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.NTSB WILL FURTHER INVESTIGATE TO DETERMINE PROBABLE CAUSE.

## 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 ERA13LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA048), Oct 21, 2012: Cirrus Design SR22 (N6839R), Pahokee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A main landing gear wheel fire for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examinations did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operations.

## Other reports on N6839R (1)

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

- [Incident 20120511008709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120511008709I), May 11, 2012: Cirrus Design Corp SR22 (N6839R), Fishers, IN, No damage. During taxi after landing,the pilot attempted a left turn and could only turn right. The aircraft departed the runway surface onto the grass. The nose wheel…

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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