# Accident 20140421005869A: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Sanford, FL, April 21, 2014 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: April 21, 2014, 11:14 local time - Place: Sanford, FL - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141) - Location: 28.7769° N, 81.2350° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7769&lon=-81.2350&mi=10 - Aircraft: N497DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N497DA-2015-07-16) (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: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Student - Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA205) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140421005869A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING SUPERVISED SOLO TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 27L AT ORLANDO-SANFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO WAS OBSERVING THE STUDENT FROM A NEAR-BY RAMP AREA, THE STUDENT PERFORMED TWO SUCCESSFUL LANDINGS, BUT ON THE THIRD ATTEMPTED LANDING, THE STUDENT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND DURING THE LANDING FLARE AND REJOINED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR ANOTHER LANDING ATTEMPT. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT, AS HE ATTEMPTED THE FOURTH LANDING, HE INITIATED ANOTHER GO-AROUND BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTING TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE STUDENT ALSO STATED THAT HE MAY HAVE FLARED "A LITTLE HIGH" AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO "SINK." THE STUDENT FURTHER STATED THAT AS HE APPLIED FULL POWER TO INITIATE THE GO-AROUND, THE AIRCRAFT BANKED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT AND CONTINUED BANKING TO THE LEFT UNTIL THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE STUDENT'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE OBSERVED N497DA REACH AN ANGLE OF BANK OF APPROXIMATELY 80 DEGREES AS THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN ARCING LEFT TURN FROM A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 270 DEGREES TO A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES WITH THE LEFT WING TIP IN CONTACT WITH THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 27L. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT REACHED A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES, THE LEFT WING TIP "DUG" INTO THE GRASS AND THE AIRCRAFT "CARTWHEELED" ON IT'S LEFT WING TIP AND "PIVOTED" ALMOST 180 DEGREES BEFORE COMING TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION ON THE HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 020 DEGREES. EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET OUTSIDE OF THE RUNWAY'S LEFT EDGE OF PAVEMENT AT A POINT APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. A SECOND GROUND STRIKE OCCURRED AT A POINT ON AN ARCHING LEFT CURVE AT APPROXIMATELY 117 FEET FROM THE FIRST STRIKE MARK. THEREAFTER, THE LEFT WING TIP REMAINED IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND ON A ARCHING CURVE FOR ANOTHER 161 FEET WHERE A MAJOR STRIKE MARK PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF AN APPARENT "PIVOT" RESULTING THE THE AIRCRAFT STRIKING THE GROUND IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION APPROXIMATELY 54 FEET THEREAFTER AND TRAVELING ANOTHER 65 FEET BEFORE IT CAME TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO INCLUDE THE NOSE GEAR, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, RIGHT AILERON, AND RIGHT FLAP SEPARATING FROM THE AIRFRAME. ADDITIONALLY, THE TAIL SECTION BROKE AWAY FROM THE EMPENNAGE AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME. EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE AND STATEMENTS FROM THE STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR APPEAR TO INDICATE THAT THE STUDENT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO APPLICATION OF FULL POWER TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND WITH THE AIRCRAFT IN A HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK AND SLOW AIRSPEED CONDITION RESULTING IN A "TORQUE ROLL" TO THE LEFT AND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE GROUND. ## 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 ERA14CA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA205), Apr 21, 2014: Cirrus Design SR20 (N497DA), Sanford, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the aborted landing. Contributing to the accident was his failure to compensate for torque, P-factor, and the reported crosswind… ## Other reports on N497DA (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20111122026819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111122026819A), Nov 22, 2011: Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (N497DA), Spring Hill, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed sanford (sfb) for a part 91 flight to Pilot Country (X09).on long final to X09 the Pilot lined up on what he identified (based on GPS… - [Incident 20110106000509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110106000509I), Jan 6, 2011: Cirrus Desi SR20 (N497DA), Apopka, FL, Minor damage. In the flare for croswind landing on rw 33 at Orlando-Apopka Airport (X04), aircraft encountered mechanical turbulence and lost control, landing hard abeam… From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. 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