# Accident 20140104000159A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Buckhannon, WV, January 4, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2014, 17:37 local time
- Place: Buckhannon, WV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9989° N, 80.2533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9989&lon=-80.2533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N450TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N450TX) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 543 total, 497 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140104000159A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 29 AT UPSHUR COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (W22), WV WHEN THE PILOT EXPERIENCED NO RESPONSE FROM ENGINE THROTTLE/FUEL MIXTURE INPUTS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HIS ALTITUDE WAS BETWEEN 400-500 FEET AGL AND 2 - 2 1/2 MILES FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. HE STATED THAT HE GAVE THE ENGINE FULL THROTTLE AND FULL RICH FUEL MIXTURE (BOTH FULL FORWARD) BUT STILL HAD NO ENGINE RESPONSE SO HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DEPLOYED THE CIRRUS AIRFRAME PARACHUTE SYSTEM. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 29 ON BRUSHY FORK ROAD IN BUCKHANNON, WV BETWEEN TWO AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIPS. PRIOR TO IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT'S TAIL CONTACTED A MOVING PICK-UP TRUCK CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE (SIDEVIEW MIRROR, WINDSHIELD, AND CAB ROOF). THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE: THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND PENETRATED THE LEFT WING AND RUPTURING THE FUEL CELL, DAMAGE TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT FLAPS, NOSE LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF, PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT RESULTED IN THE CANOPY HARNESS PEELING A COMPOSITE STRIP LAYER ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE FUSELAGE AND PARACHUTE EXIT POINT ON TOP OF AFT FUSELAGE, PROPELLER DAMAGE, RIGHT HAND WING TIP DAMAGE, AND WITH A NOSE DOWN HARD LANDING WITH TAIL STRIKING A PICKUP TRUCK IT IS UNDETERMINED AS TO WHAT HIDDEN DAMAGE TO THE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED. THE AIRCRAFT PARACHUTE CANOPY LANDED ON 3 VEHICLES AT THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, BUT NO NOTED DAMAGE HAD BEEN CAUSED TO THE VEHICLES. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES SUSTAINED TO PILOT OR PICKUP TRUCK DRIVER. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH NO WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA14LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA086), Jan 4, 2014: Cirrus Design SR22 (N450TX), Buckhannon, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper in-flight fuel mixture management and failure to use the appropriate checklist or manuals during approach to landing, which resulted in a loss of engine power.

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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