# Accident 20190502003819A: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Mineral Wells, TX, May 2, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2019, 17:00 local time
- Place: Mineral Wells, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7708° N, 98.0428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7708&lon=-98.0428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8160C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8160C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190502003819A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 2, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 LOCAL TIME, THE RIGHT AILERON OF A CIRRUS SR-20 REGISTRATION NUMBER N8160C DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ON APPROACH TO MINERAL WELLS AIRPORT (MWL). THE AIRCRAFT WAS ½ MILE FROM THE AIRPORT, ON A FINAL APPROACH FOR ONE OF A SERIES OF PRACTICE LANDINGS, WHEN THE AILERON DEPARTED. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENCE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD 1 AND 1 PASSENGER ONBOARD, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE FORT WORTH MEACHAM (KFTW) AT APPROXIMATELY 1620 LOCAL TIME. THE FLIGHT ENDED AT MINERAL WELLS AIRPORT (KMWL) AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 LOCAL TIME.

## 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 CEN19LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA133), May 2, 2019: Cirrus SR20 (N8160C), Mineral Wells, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The in-flight separation of the right aileron when the inboard hinge bolt disengaged from its nut plate due to excessively twisted safety wire, which resulted in a torsional overstress fracture that…

## Other reports on N8160C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050310005799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050310005799I), Mar 10, 2005: Cirrus SR20 (N8160C), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. (-23) During landing on runway 05 at Craig Municipal Airport, Jacksonville, Florida, pilot allowed Cirrus SR-20, N8160C, to experience a moderate bounce.…

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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