20170322004189A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cirrus Design SR22 · Dekalb, GA · March 22, 2017

Date
March 22, 2017 · 01:45 local
Place
Dekalb, GA
Airport
Dekalb-Peachtree
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N146GS
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA201
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,224 total2 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The Cirrus was on an IFR flight to pdk and being vectored for a visual approach for landing. During the approach the pilot stated that the tower had first cleared him to land on runway 03R then asked him if he was able to land on runway 03L.. The pilot accepted the revised clearance to land on 03L during the approach, the pilot attempted to land and decided he had not slowed the aircraft enough to land. He executed a go around /touch and go procedure. The tower asked the pilot if he wanted to cancel his IFR clearance and perform a visual approach to land on runway 03L. The pilot accepted this and flew the airport pattern for left traffic landing runway 03L. The pilot carried additional airspeed during the final approach and bounced at the midway point of the runway with the flaps selected for landing (more than 10 degrees). A second go around was executed at which time the aircraft pulled to the left and the nose pitched up. This resulted in a high angle of attack allowing the aircraft to stall making contact with the ground breaking the nose gear assembly. The aircraft to slide to the left side of the runway onto the grass medium. The aircraft stopped at the departure end of the runway adjacent to the taxiway. NTSB was notified that block

As the FAA filed it

THE CIRRUS WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT TO PDK AND BEING VECTORED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH FOR LANDING. DURING THE APPROACH THE PILOT STATED THAT THE TOWER HAD FIRST CLEARED HIM TO LAND ON RUNWAY 03R THEN ASKED HIM IF HE WAS ABLE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 03L.. THE PILOT ACCEPTED THE REVISED CLEARANCE TO LAND ON 03L DURING THE APPROACH, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AND DECIDED HE HAD NOT SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT ENOUGH TO LAND. HE EXECUTED A GO AROUND /TOUCH AND GO PROCEDURE. THE TOWER ASKED THE PILOT IF HE WANTED TO CANCEL HIS IFR CLEARANCE AND PERFORM A VISUAL APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 03L. THE PILOT ACCEPTED THIS AND FLEW THE AIRPORT PATTERN FOR LEFT TRAFFIC LANDING RUNWAY 03L. THE PILOT CARRIED ADDITIONAL AIRSPEED DURING THE FINAL APPROACH AND BOUNCED AT THE MIDWAY POINT OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE FLAPS SELECTED FOR LANDING (MORE THAN 10 DEGREES). A SECOND GO AROUND WAS EXECUTED AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE LEFT AND THE NOSE PITCHED UP. THIS RESULTED IN A HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO STALL MAKING CONTACT WITH THE GROUND BREAKING THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY. THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS MEDIUM. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY ADJACENT TO THE TAXIWAY. NTSB WAS NOTIFIED THAT BLOCK

NTSB investigation

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