# Accident 20160420005989A: Cirrus CIRRUS-SR22, Church Hill, MD, April 20, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2016, 21:30 local time
- Place: Church Hill, MD
- Airport: Church Hill, Md
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1397° N, 75.9852° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1397&lon=-75.9852&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27ML, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27ML) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22T (registry code 2130004, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-K (registry code 17410, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS CIRRUS-SR22
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 25 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160420005989A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 20, 2016, AT OR AROUND 9:30 PM, ^MR. LESNIOWSKI^ WAS THE PILOT FLYING HIS SR-22.  ^MR. LESNIOWSKI^ AND HIS WIFE WERE THE ONLY PERSONS IN THE AIRCRAFT.  HE LANDED ON A GRASS STRIP ON HIS PROPERTY IN CHURCH HILL, MARYLAND.  ^MR. LESNIOWSKI^ STATED THAT HE LANDED LONG AND FAST ON THE STRIP, WHICH WAS WET.  ^MR. LESNIOWSKI^ WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT WHICH RAN OFF THE END OF THE GRASS STRIP ACROSS A ROAD AND INTO ANOTHER OPEN FIELD WHERE CAME TO A STOP.  THIS WAS ^MR. LESNIOWSKI'S^ FIRST TIME LANDING THIS AIRCRAFT ON THIS STRIP AT NIGHT.  THERE ARE NO LIGHTS ON THIS STRIP. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HAD DAMAGE, THE PITOT TUBE WAS BROKEN OFF, THE LEFT FLAP HAD MINOR DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

AFTER FURTHER EXAMINATION FROM THE REPAIR FACILITY, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE IS MORE DAMAGE.  THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR PUNCTURED A HOLE IN AN UNREPAIRABLE SECTION OF THE WING CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.  ALSO, THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE PROP.

WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR: METAR KESN 210045Z 17005KT 10SM A3026

## 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 GAA16CA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA251), Apr 21, 2016: Cirrus SR22 (N27ML), Church Hill, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land on an unlighted grass airstrip at night, resulting in landing long, a loss of directional control, and collapsed landing gear producing substantial damage to the landing…

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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