# Accident 20140829015949A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Grandby, CO, August 29, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2014, 12:40 local time
- Place: Grandby, CO
- Airport: Grandby
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0903° N, 105.9164° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0903&lon=-105.9164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N224BR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N224BR-2015-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 930 total, 691 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA469](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA469) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140829015949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO GRANDBY AIRPORT (KGNB) AND BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE WITH AIRSPEED AND STABILITY.  HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND CONTACTED AN 8 FT. PERIMETER FENCE WITH THE LEFT WING.  THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED ACROSS COUNTY ROAD #608, COMING TO REST IN THE ADJACENT FIELD IN AN UPSIDE DOWN POSITION APPROXIMATELY 100 FT OFF THE AIRPOPRT PROPER.  PILOT AND PAX EVACUATED THRU BROKEN REAR WINDOW.  PILOT AND PAX SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

CHUTE DID NOT DEPLOY.

## 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 CEN14CA469](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA469), Aug 29, 2014: Cirrus Design SR22 (N224BR), Granby, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain control of the airplane during the go-around.

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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