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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR20 · Lake Elmo, MN · April 11, 2015

Date
April 11, 2015 · 23:40 local
Place
Lake Elmo, MN
Airport
Lake Elmo
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N132CP
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR20
Reported engine
Continental IO-360-ES
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
225 total225 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot reported that while about 3 to 5 feet above the runway on landing on runway 14 at 21D with a 30 degree crosswind, he encountered a wind gust. The aircraft drifted sideways and the left wing and flap struck 2 runway lights. The pilot reported that the wheels of the aircraft never left the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE ABOUT 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY ON LANDING ON RUNWAY 14 AT 21D WITH A 30 DEGREE CROSSWIND, HE ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED SIDEWAYS AND THE LEFT WING AND FLAP STRUCK 2 RUNWAY LIGHTS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE WHEELS OF THE AIRCRAFT NEVER LEFT THE RUNWAY.