# Accident 20170505004979A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Clearwater, FL, May 5, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2017, 19:30 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9778° N, 82.7592° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9778&lon=-82.7592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N271TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N271TS-2019-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 245 total, 30 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170505004979A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 5, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 2330Z, A CIRRUS DESIGN CORP. SR-22 WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17 AT THE CLEARWATER AIRPARK IN CLEARWATER, FL.  THE AWOS REPORTED THE WINDS AS 27015G23. DURING A GO-AROUND ATTEMPT, THE PILOT IN COMMAND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT (EAST) OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT STUCK THE GROUND IN A DRAINAGE AREA. THE AIRCRAFT SLID INVERTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST INVERTED APPROXIMATELY 310 EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY ON THE ENBANKEMENT OF THE DRAINAGE AREA.  AN EYEWITNESS STATED THAT HE HEARD THE AIRCRAFT POWER UP, WHEN HE LOOKED UP HE COULD SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 40? ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EYEWITNESS COULD NOT SEE THE CRASH FROM HIS VIEWPOINT. THE PRESENCE OF FUEL WAS EVIDENT AT THE SITE. EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING POWER. THE PRIVATE PILOT RATED AIRMAN WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANCIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 ERA17FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA174), May 5, 2017: Cirrus Design SR22 (N271TS), Clearwater, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to attempt to land while a line of rain showers with microburst activity was crossing the airport, which resulted in a loss of control during a subsequent attempted go-around.

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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