# Accident 20130710013189A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Houston, TX, July 10, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2013, 20:34 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinential
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9844° N, 95.3414° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9844&lon=-95.3414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56FT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56FT-2016-04-06) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 25,257 total, 26 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA408) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130710013189A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED AT IAH WITHOUT INCIDENT. WHILE TAXING TO PARKING PILOT STATED THAT WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WAS NO BRAKES. ATC INFORMED PILOT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FIRE. PILOT THEN STATED THAT HE SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND LET THE AIRCRAFT ROLL TO A STOP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF TAXI-WAY WB BETWEEN WL AND WM BEFORE COMING TO REST JUST OFF THE TAXIWAY. FIRE EQUIPMENT WAS DISPATCHED AND FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED.  AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO THE FEDEX RAMP WHERE THE ON SCENE FAA IIC INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT THE FOLLOWING DAY.  ON SCENE INVESTIGATION SHOWED EVIDENCE THAT FIRE DID START IN THE WHEEL AND BRAKE AREA AND THEN MOVED TO FUSELAGE AND INTERIOR OF AIRCRAFT INCLUDING THE SEATS, AVIONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION. THE AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED DUE TO FIRE AND AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL.

## 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 CEN13LA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA408), Jul 10, 2013: Cirrus Design SR22 (N56FT), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to use the proper taxi procedure, which resulted in a brake system fire.

## Other reports on N56FT (1)

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

- [Incident 20100602055919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100602055919I), Jun 2, 2010: Cirrus Design Corp SR22 (N56FT), Victoria, TX, Minor damage. Pilot stated that he was to fast for landing, but he thought that he can land the aircraft anyway. His approach to steep and fast for the aircraft, which made…

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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