# Accident 20130312003719A: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Kernville, CA, March 12, 2013 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 12, 2013, 15:00 local time - Place: Kernville, CA - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 35.7550° N, 118.4309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kernville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7550&lon=-118.4309&mi=10 - Aircraft: N427GE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N427GE-2014-03-17) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 1 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 34 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130312003719A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON MARCH 11, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1450 LOCAL TIME N427GE, A CIRRUS, ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT KERN VALLEY AIRPORT (L05) LOCATED NEAR KERNVILLE, CA AFTER DEPARTING BAKERSFIELD, CA. THE PILOT CHECKED THE WEATHER BEFORE LEAVING THE SANTA MONICA AIRPORT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS RENTED, AND CHECKED AGAIN BEFORE LEAVING THE BAKERSFIELD MEADOWS AIRPORT. THE WIND AT 4,500 FEET WAS APPROXIMATELY 355 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LITTLE TO NO TURBULENCE. THE PILOT MADE A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35 USING FULL FLAPS. NO CRAB OR CROSS WIND CORRECTION WAS NEEDED FOR THE APPROACH, AND THE PILOT RECOUNTS SEEING THE WIND SOCK AT ABOUT THE SAME DIRECTION AND SPEED AS THE WINDS ALOFT. L05 DOES NOT HAVE AN AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION. PILOTS MUST DEPEND ON FORECASTS AND THE WIND SOCK FOR WEATHER INFORMATION. DURING THE LANDING FLARE, AND STILL AIRBORNE, THE AIRCRAFT SHIFTED POSITION TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT THOUGHT HIS RIGHT WHEEL WOULD HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. WHILE IN THE GO-AROUND THE MAIN WHEELS MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE THROTTLE WAS FULLY ADVANCED FOR THE GO AROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE MOVED LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ACROSS THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE IT STRUCK A ?DITCH?. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND LANDED INVERTED ON A GROUP OF ROCKS LOCATED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING WELL ALL DAY AND THAT HE FELT NO MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES WITH THE CONTROLS OR THE ENGINE. ## NTSB investigation None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.