20160123000639I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR22 · Sugarland, TX · January 23, 2016

Date
January 23, 2016 · 20:30 local
Place
Sugarland, TX
Airport
Sugarland
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N234BJ
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,552 total79 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.

Aircraft landed runway 35, hit nose landing gear (NLG) first, because of a failure to sufficiently flare the aircraft prior to touchdown. NLG buckled causing a propeller strike and engine stoppage.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 35, HIT NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) FIRST, BECAUSE OF A FAILURE TO SUFFICIENTLY FLARE THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. NLG BUCKLED CAUSING A PROPELLER STRIKE AND ENGINE STOPPAGE.