# Accident 20150419005779A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Fort Myers, FL, April 19, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2015, 14:55 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7328° N, 81.8972° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7328&lon=-81.8972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88AX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88AX-2018-02-23) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 731 total, 151 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150419005779A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 19, 2015, AT 1855 LOCAL TIME, A CIRRUS-22 ON AN UNSTABLE DOWNWIND APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY AT PINE SHADOWS AIRPARK LANDED HARD AND CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE TREES, RESIDENTIAL HOUSE AND ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS CHECKED AT KEY WEST FBO TV. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND NEITHER THE PILOT NOR 3 PAX WERE INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT EYW

## 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 ERA15LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA192), Apr 19, 2015: Cirrus Design SR22 (N88AX), Fort Myers, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to land the airplane with a quartering, gusting tailwind and his subsequent failure to flare the airplane and maintain directional control after it bounced, which…

## Other reports on N88AX (1)

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

- [Accident 20150419007829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150419007829A), Apr 19, 2015: Cirrus Design Corp SR22 (N88AX), North Ft. Myers, FL, Destroyed. PIC stated that he had trouble finding the runway of the private airpark until he was one mile south west of runway 09 at 1000 feet AGL. PIC stated he "dive…

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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