# Accident 20180916013749A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Montauk, NY, September 16, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2018, 15:00 local time
- Place: Montauk, NY
- Airport: Montauk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0767° N, 71.9206° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0767&lon=-71.9206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N161DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N161DL-2022-03-05) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 738 total, 738 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA253) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180916013749A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY 24 ADVANCED THE THROTTLE AND TRACKED THE CENTERLINE WITH RIGHT RUDDER INPUT. UPON ROTATION PILOT SEAT ABRUPTLY SLID BACKWARDS TO THE OUTERMOST DISTANCE FROM THE CONTROLS. AT THIS POINT PILOT WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE RUDDER PEDALS AND THE THROTTLE LEVER. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND IMPACTED THE TREES AND SCRUB BRUSH LINING THE RUNWAY. PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT AND ASSIST THE PASSENGER. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON PROPER TECHNIQUES TO ENSURE THE PILOT SEAT IS FULLY LOCKED PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.

## 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 ERA18LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA253), Sep 16, 2018: Cirrus SR22 (N161DL), Montauk, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly secure his seat before initiating the takeoff, which resulted in the seat sliding back as the airplane accelerated during takeoff, his inability to reach the pedals,…

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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