20160515005359A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cirrus Design SR22 · Pahokee, FL · May 15, 2016

Date
May 15, 2016 · 10:35 local
Place
Pahokee, FL
Airport
Palm Beach Co Glades
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N463C
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA16CA234
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
457 total176 in this make and model7 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.

A Cirrus SR22, N463C, attempted a touch and go at Pahokee, FL (phk) on runway 35 at 10:35 on 05/15/2016. Prior to touchdown, the aircraft drifted to the left of the runway. The left wing tip impacted the ground 75 feet west of the runway asphalt. The aircraft rotated around in a cartwheel fashion causing the engine, tail section, RH main landing gear and nose gear to become separated from the fuselage. The aircraft fuselage came to rest upright and the pilot escaped without injury.

As the FAA filed it

A CIRRUS SR22, N463C, ATTEMPTED A TOUCH AND GO AT PAHOKEE, FL (PHK) ON RUNWAY 35 AT 10:35 ON 05/15/2016. PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT WING TIP IMPACTED THE GROUND 75 FEET WEST OF THE RUNWAY ASPHALT. THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED AROUND IN A CARTWHEEL FASHION CAUSING THE ENGINE, TAIL SECTION, RH MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR TO BECOME SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE CAME TO REST UPRIGHT AND THE PILOT ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.