# Accident 20161023023279A: Cirrus CIRRUS-SR22, Kirksville, MO, October 23, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2016, 14:00 local time
- Place: Kirksville, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0933° N, 92.5444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0933&lon=-92.5444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N528HB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS CIRRUS-SR22
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 123 total, 123 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161023023279A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM KIRKSVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT IN KIRKSVILLE, MO, THERE WAS A WHISTLING NOISE FROM THE PASSENGER DOOR. BELIEVING THE DOOR HAD COME AJAR, THE PILOT OPTED TO RETURN TO KIRKSVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT KIRKSVILLE, THE PILOT STATED HE MAY HAVE HAD TOO MUCH RUDDER CORRECTION WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT VEERING OFF THE RUNWAY. AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS FRONT END.

## 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 GAA17CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA046), Oct 23, 2016: Cirrus SR22 (N528HB), Kirksville, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper compensation for changing wind during the landing flare, which resulted in an off-centered landing and a subsequent loss of directional control.

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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