# Accident 20121206025579A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Eden Prairie, MN, December 6, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2012, 07:26 local time
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8231° N, 93.4553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8231&lon=-93.4553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8161M (not matched to a registry record)
- 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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121206025579A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD LOADED THE AIRCRAFT FOR HIS RETURN TRIP HOME , COMPLETED HIS PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, AND REMOVED THE CHOCKS.  AFTER HIS PREFLIGHT, HIS WIFE BOARDED THE AIRCRAFT AND OCCUPIED THE FRONT RIGHT (PASSENGER) SEAT.THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START THE AIRCRAFT AND HEARD THE STARTER SPINNING, BUT IT WOULDN'T ENGAGE THE ENGINE.  HE TRIED ABOUT 3 MORE TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULT.HE BELIEVES HE SHUT "EVERYTHING" OFF AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO PULL THE PROP THROUGH TO PERHAPS ENGAGE THE STARTER AS HE FELT IT MAY BE IN A "DEAD SPOT".  THE MARSHALER ASSIGNED TO HIS DEPARTURE ASKED IF HE HAD EVERYTHING OFF INSIDE AND THE PILOT WENT TO RECHECK BY REACHING IN AND "SHUTTING EVERYTHING OFF".WHEN HE PULLED THE PROP THROUGH A COMPRESSION STROKE, THE ENGINE STARTED.  HE RAN AROUND THE AIRCRAFT AND HOPPED UP ON THE LEFT WING TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE COCKPIT, BUT THE AIRCRAFT  ROLLED FORWARD AND HE FELL OFF THE WING.THE AIRCRAFT PICKED UP SPEED FAST AND HE WAS UNABLE TO CATCH IT AS IT DROVE AWAY.  IT DROVE ACROSS A RAMP, A TAXIWAY, AND A RUNWAY, IMPACTING RUNWAY IDENTIFIER SIGNS AND WIG-WAG LIGHTS ALONG THE WAY.THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS FROM THE FBO RAMP WHERE IT STARTED.  THE NOSE GEAR HAD BROKEN OFF AND THE ARICRAFT WAS ORIENTED IN A NOSE DOWN, WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE.  THE PILOT'S WIFE WAS UNINJURED.

## 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 CEN13CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA093), Dec 6, 2012: Cirrus SR22 (N8161M), Eden Prairie, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure the airplane was secured prior to attempting an engine start by handpropping.

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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