# Accident 20170424006039A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Wallingford, CT, April 24, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2017, 06:30 local time
- Place: Wallingford, CT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5083° N, 72.8272° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5083&lon=-72.8272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94LP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94LP-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17FA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170424006039A

## Narrative

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

THE FOLLOWING NARATIVE IS BASED ON THE WITNESS STATEMENT FROM THE ONLY KNOWN EYEWITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT.

EYE WITNESS STATEMENT GIVEN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR)

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT (N94LP) LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AND THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE "HIGH AND HOT". THE AIRCRAFT FLARED AND DROPPED 10 FEET INITIALLY TOUCHING DOWN AT THE RUNWAY MID POINT. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED 3 TIMES THEN THE ENGINE WENT TO FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO ROTATE AND PITCH UP AND GO INTO A 30 DEGREE LEFT BANK CLIMBING OUT TO APPROXIMATELY 1100 FEET ALTITUDE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WATCHED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE DOWN WIND LEG. HE NEXT SAW THE AIRCRAFT ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 18 AND STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL "HIGH BUT NOT AS HOT". ON SHORT FINAL AND OVER THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL HIGH. AT 10 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT FLARED AND BOUNCED TWICE, THE ENGINE WENT TO FULL POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGINS TO ROTATE AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE AIRCRAFT BANKED 40 TO 50 DEGREES TO THE LEFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WATCHED THE AIRCRAFT BEGIN TO LOSE ALTITUDE AND DISAPPEAR BEHIND THE HANGARS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NEXT HEARD THE SOUND OF IMPACT.

## 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 ERA17FA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA167), Apr 24, 2017: Cirrus Design SR22 (N94LP), Wallingford, CT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's unstablilized approach and improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his subsequent failure to maintain control during a go-around. Contributing to the accident was…

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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