# Accident 20180919016369A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Frederick, MD, September 19, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2018, 16:25 local time
- Place: Frederick, MD
- Airport: Frederick Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4175° N, 77.3744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4175&lon=-77.3744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56PE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56PE) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 381 total, 50 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA578](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA578) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180919016369A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT ON LANDING, HIS APPROACH WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL APPROACH SPEED.  UPON STARTING THE FLARE, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE MULTIPLE TIMES AND STRUCK THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY.  THE IMPACT INCLUDED THE PROP AND BROKE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BACKWARDS, WHICH PUT A SIGNIFICANT TEAR IN THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.  A WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED 3 TIMES, STRIKING THE NOSE ON THE THIRD TIME.

WEATHER: 4:24 PM  TEMP: 88  F, DEW POINT: 57  F, HUMIDITY: 35 %, WIND DIR: N, WIND @ 5 MPH, GUSTS: 0 MPH, PRESSURE: 29.6 IN, PRECIPITAION: 0.0 IN, CONDITIONS: FAIR

## 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 GAA18CA578](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA578), Sep 19, 2018: Cirrus SR22 (N56PE), Frederick, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in the airplane porpoising.

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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