# Accident 20190621007699A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Groton, CT, June 21, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2019, 11:29 local time
- Place: Groton, CT
- Airport: Groton-New London
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5973° N, 72.7551° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5973&lon=-72.7551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N727HG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N727HG) (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: 175 total, 81 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA379](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA379) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190621007699A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 21, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:29 A.M. (EASTERN TIME), AIRCRAFT N727HG WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT GROTON-NEW LONDON AIRPORT (GON) LOCATED IN GROTON, CT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC). THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND LANDED WITH ONLY THE PIC ONBOARD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT (HPN) AT APPROXIMATELY 10:29 A.M. (EASTERN TIME) TO THE GROTON-NEW LONDON AIRPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING IFR AND WAS APPROPRIATELY RATED TO DO SO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT ON HIS FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 5, HE BROKE THROUGH THE CLOUDS AT 1400? AGL AND HAD CLEAR VISIBILITY OF THE ENTIRE AIRFIELD. ON HIS FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE ?PORPOISED? ONCE OR TWICE AND ELECTED TO DO A GO-AROUND.  ON HIS SECOND ATTEMPT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS COMING IN AT 85 KNOTS AND REDUCED HIS POWER AS HE CROSSED OVER THE RUNWAY BEGINNING MARKING. HE SAID THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN HARD AND ?PORPOISED? TWO OR THREE TIMES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN TAXIED TO PARKING AT THE MYSTIC JET CENTER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REQUESTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BE RE-FUELED AND HE WOULD RETURN AFTER TAKING CARE OF SOME PERSONNEL BUSINESS. WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RETURNED TO THE AIRCRAFT, HE NOTICED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER.

THE INSPECTOR IN CHARGE (IIC) ARRIVED AT MYSTIC JET CENTER AT 1:00 P.M. (EASTERN TIME) AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED PHOTOGRAPHING THE AIRCRAFT. NO PARTS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. ALL THREE BLADES OF THE PROPELLER WERE UNIFORMLY BENT BACKWARDS AND DAMAGED UP TO 6? FROM EACH TIP. THE NOSE WHEEL FAIRING WAS MAKING CONTACT WITH THE STRUT FAIRING. THE AIRCRAFT HAS CANNING ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE WING ROOTS. THE IIC INTERVIEWED THE PIC. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE HE HAD NO INJURIES.

ON 6/26/2019 THE IIC RETURNED TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE NOSE WAS DE-PANELED. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) PANEL HAD DAMAGE ON THE FORWARD LOWER EDGE. THE NLG STRUT WAS BENT IN TWO PLACES. THE NLG WAS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES AND PUSHED INTO THE FIREWALL. THE FIREWALL WAS BENT BUT IS NOT A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT OF THIS MODEL AIRCRAFT. THE ENGINE MOUNT SHOWS WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NLG STRUT AND LOWER AIRFRAME MOUNT SHOWS NO VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE. THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

SUBSTANCIAL DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE FIREWALL.

METAR DATA AT THE TIME WAS AS FOLLOWS:

SA 21/06/2019 14:56-> METAR KGON 211456Z 02011KT 10SM SCT018 OVC036 21/16 A2950 RMK AO2 SLP989 60001 T02110156 53022=

## 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 GAA19CA379](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA379), Jun 21, 2019: Cirrus SR22 (N727HG), Grotten, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare and failure to maintain pitch control, which resulted in a porpoised landing.

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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