# Accident 20130424011879A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Milledgeville, GA, April 24, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2013, 13:00 local time
- Place: Milledgeville, GA
- Airport: Baldwin County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1542° N, 83.1542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1542&lon=-83.1542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N228DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N228DF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22T (registry code 2130004, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550 series (registry code 17043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 394 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130424011879A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 24, 2013 APPROXIMATELY 1300 LOCAL AIRCRAFT REGISTER N228DF LANDED SHORT OF BALDWIN COUNTY AIRFIELD (KMLJ) APPROXIMATE 30 YARDS FROM THE END OF THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 28. UPON HARD LANDING THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE LEFT HAND OF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE TAXIWAY AND CONTINUED OFF THE TAXIWAY AND HIT THE RUNWAY SIGN. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE FBO AND PARKED THE AIRCRAFT. THE DAMAGE INCLUDED THE RUNWAY SIGN DESTROYED AND AIRCRAFT LEFT HAND LEADING EDGE, LEFT HAND LANDING GEAR STRUT COVER AND WHEEL COVER DAMAGED.

THIS FLIGHT WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH THE SCOPE OF INSTRUCTION WAS SHORT FIELD LANDING. ON THIS DATE THE STUDENT AND THE CFI REPORTED THAT DURING APPROACH TO RUNWAY 28 EARLIER THAT DAY AT APPROXIMATELY 20? AGL THAT THE AIRSPEED SUDDENLY DROPPED BY 20KTS.THE STUDENT INCREASED THE AIRCRAFT POWER AND LANDED LONG. THE SUDDEN DROP IN AIRSPEED DURING LANDING WAS DISCUSSED BY THE STUDENT TO THE INSTRUCTOR. THEY ALSO DISCUSSED THAT THE WINDS SEEM STRONGER THAN WHAT WAS REPORTED BY THE FIELD AWOS.

ON APRIL 26, 2013 THE INVESTIGATOR LISTEN TO THE AWOS AND HEARD A DISCLAIMER THAT THE MEASUREMENTS WAS OR COULD BE INACCURATE AND WHEN ASK WHY THE DISCLAIMER WAS IN THE RECORDING IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE EQUIPMENT LOCATION OF THE AWOS BEING IN DOWNHILL WITH BUILDINGS AROUND THE EQUIPMENT. ALTHOUGH THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN THE WEATHER REPORTING THE CFI AND STUDENT KNEW OF THE CURRENT CONDITIONS WERE INACCURATE.

PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT MAY BE FOR THE TYPE OF INSTRUCTION GIVEN (SHORT FIELD LANDING) AND THE KNOWN DROP OF AIRSPEED  CONDITION THAT THE MANEUVER WAS CONDUCTED IMPROPERLY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO LOW FOR PROPER SHORT FIELD LANDING FOR THE KNOWN CONDITIONS AND THE STUDENT AND CFI DID NOT RESPONDS QUICKLY ENOUGH FOR SUDDEN DROP IN AIRSPEED.

## 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 ERA13CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA222), Apr 24, 2013: Cirrus Design SR22T (N228DF), Milledgeville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain a proper approach path for landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a runway undershoot and collision with a taxiway sign.

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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