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FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR22 · Charlotte, NC · October 16, 2019

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Date
October 16, 2019 · 13:59 local
Place
Charlotte, NC
Airport
Charlotte/Douglas International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N434CD
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
344 total225 in this make and model33 in the last 90 days
N434CDRegistered now · Cirrus Design SR22S/N 1514 · Built 2005Airframe modelCirrus Design SR22Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Upon touchdown on runway 36R, the aircraft porpoised several times before going off the left side of the runway in a slight skid to the left, leaving a black mark from the left tire. Once the aircraft departed the runway, it struck a taxi light with the left main landing gear/wheel pant. The aircraft continued to travel forward with the left wheel entering then exiting median grass, striking a second taxi light with the nose gear/wheel pant. After hitting the second taxi light, the aircraft continued all the way across taxi way C6 in a slight left skid, with the left tire leaving another 250 foot black mark. The entire aircraft then continued into the median grass between taxiways C6 and C5. (The median contained a mesh-covered sod which had recently been installed). The mesh-covered sod bunched up in front of each of the landing gear wheel pants as the aircraft traveled through the grass, dissipating the forward energy of the aircraft and bringing the aircraft to rest. (Ref. Id #202000310)

As the FAA filed it

UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 36R, THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE GOING OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN A SLIGHT SKID TO THE LEFT, LEAVING A BLACK MARK FROM THE LEFT TIRE. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, IT STRUCK A TAXI LIGHT WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR/WHEEL PANT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TRAVEL FORWARD WITH THE LEFT WHEEL ENTERING THEN EXITING MEDIAN GRASS, STRIKING A SECOND TAXI LIGHT WITH THE NOSE GEAR/WHEEL PANT. AFTER HITTING THE SECOND TAXI LIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ALL THE WAY ACROSS TAXI WAY C6 IN A SLIGHT LEFT SKID, WITH THE LEFT TIRE LEAVING ANOTHER 250 FOOT BLACK MARK. THE ENTIRE AIRCRAFT THEN CONTINUED INTO THE MEDIAN GRASS BETWEEN TAXIWAYS C6 AND C5. (THE MEDIAN CONTAINED A MESH-COVERED SOD WHICH HAD RECENTLY BEEN INSTALLED). THE MESH-COVERED SOD BUNCHED UP IN FRONT OF EACH OF THE LANDING GEAR WHEEL PANTS AS THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED THROUGH THE GRASS, DISSIPATING THE FORWARD ENERGY OF THE AIRCRAFT AND BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT TO REST. (REF. ID #202000310)