# Incident 20151107022659I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Paso Robles, CA, November 7, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2015, 12:34 local time
- Place: Paso Robles, CA
- Airport: Paso Robles Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6728° N, 120.6269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6728&lon=-120.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999VX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22T
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 390 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16IA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16IA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151107022659I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 31 KPRB IN VMC CONDITIONS. ON LANDING ROLLOUT NOSE GEAR STRUT FAILED APROXIMATELY 6 INCES ABOVE NOSE WHEEL. PROP STRUCK GROUND AND ENGINE STOPPED. AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP RESTING ON PROP AND REMAINING PORTION OF STRUT. THERE WAS A TIRE MARK FROM EXCESSIVE NOSE WHELL SHIMMY OF APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET. THEN THERE WAS MARKINGS FROM THE PROP SCRAPING FOR APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 800 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY BEFORE THE AREA WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. ALL 5 SOULS ONBOARD EGRESSED WITH NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCKED WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, BUT THE NTSB HAS RECOVERED THE DATA CARD FROM THE AVIONICS. I COULD NOT TURN ON POWER TO VERYIFY FUEL QUANTITY AS INDICATED, BUT THERE WAS NO SIGN OF FUEL FROM BOTH WING FILLER LOCATIONS. THERE WAS FUEL AVAILABLE AT THE SUMP FORWARD OF THE FIREWALL. THE LEFT WHEEL PANT WAS CRACKED LONGITUDINALLY ALONG THE TOP. THE LEFT WING SAT APPROXIMATLEY 4 INCHES LOWER THAN THE RIGHT. ONE PROP BLADE SHOWED MINOR DAMAGE FROM ROTATIONAL FORCES WHEN CONTACTING THE GROUND. THE REMAINING TWO WERE MISSING APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF THEIR LENGTH DUE TO GRINDING DOWN THE RUNWAY.

THE CFI PILOT?S STATEMENT READS AS FOLLOWS:

ON NOVEMBER 7TH 2015, ME (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^), WITH MY STUDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HIS WIFE, FRIEND, AND FRIENDS WIFE DEPART SANTA MONICA AIRPORT AT 11:45AM. OUR ROUTE IS FROM KSMO->KPRB. IT WAS A CLEAR DAY, WITH 0-5KTS WIND FACTOR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS CONTROLS FOR THE LANDING, FLYING 85KTS FINAL FOR RUNWAY 31. I AM MONITORING AND VERBALLY GUIDING HIM DURING THE LANDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOUCHED DOWN SMOOTHLY ON THE MAIN WHEELS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOWERED THE NOSE BUT THE NOSE GEAR WAS ALMOST NON EXISTENT AND COLLAPSED. I, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN IMMEDIATELY TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND APPLIED RUDDER TO KEEP THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY, POWERED BACK AND SHUT DOWN. TAKEOFF WEIGHT:3536LBS. LANDING WEIGHT: APPROXIMATELY 3404LBS (WE WOULD HAVE TO SEE HOW MUCH FUEL IS EXACTLY IN THERE)

## 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 WPR16IA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16IA025), Nov 7, 2015: Cirrus Design SR22T (N999VX), Paso Robles, CA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of the nose landing gear due to unanticipated fatigue loads.

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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