# Accident 20150612011889A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Brawley, CA, June 12, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2015, 15:00 local time
- Place: Brawley, CA
- Airport: Brawley Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9929° N, 115.5173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRAWLEY MUNI (BWC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9929&lon=-115.5173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N216L) (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: 202 total, 42 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150612011889A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT SEEING THE WINDSOCK AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RUNWAY INDICATED A RIGHT QUARTERING HEADWIND. THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE DOWN AND BOUNCED OFF THE NOSE GEAR.THE NOSE GEAR IMPACTED THE GROUND THREE TIMES, APPLYING BACK PRESSURE TO THE CONTROLS  WHILE ADDING FULL POWER A GUST OF WIND FROM THE RIGHT RAISED THE RIGHT WING. THE LEFT WING ENTERED AN UNRECOVERABLE STALL GIVEN LOW AIRSPEED ALTITUDE AND BANK. THE PLANE MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND TEARING OFF THE NOSE GEAR FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSING.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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