# Accident 20191201017549A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Union, TN, December 1, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2019, 07:00 local time
- Place: Union, TN
- Airport: Everett-Stewart Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3800° N, 88.9900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3800&lon=-88.9900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N991WS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,040 total, 165 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191201017549A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 1ST 2019 N991WS DEPARTED DICKSON COUNTY AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 0700 EN ROUTE TO ST LOUIS, MO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CARRYING THE PIC AND ONE PASSENGER.

THE WEATHER IN ST. LOUIS CALLED FOR ICING.

THE PIC DECIDED TO LAND AT UNION CITY WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS HOUSED.

THE WEATHER FOR UNION CITY WAS VFR WINDS WERE 270 AT 14 KTS GUSTING TO 24 KTS.

THE PIC ENTERED THE PATTERN ON A LEFT BASE UTILIZING THE OBS FUNCTION TO AID WITH CENTERLINE.

THE PIC WAS FULL FLAPS TO ACCOUNT FOR WIND GUST CONDITION.

ABOUT 30 FEEL AGL THE PIC SUSTAINED A STRONG GUST OF WIND, WHICH BLEW THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE CENTERLINE.

THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFT, A SECOND GUST OF LIFTED THE RIGHT WING UP TO A 45 DEGREE LEFT BANK.

THE PIC TRIED A GO-AROUND BUT A TAIL WIND PREVENTED THE AIRCRAFT TO CLIMB.

THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING MADE CONTACT WITH RUNWAY AND GRASS.

THE AIRCRAFT SPUN 180 DEGREES AROUND WHILE STILL FORWARD SPEED.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN CENTER OF THE GRASS, WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND PROP.

THE PIC AND PASSENGER EXITED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

## 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 ERA20CA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA048), Dec 1, 2019: Cirrus SR22 (N991WS), Union City, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing with a gusting crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion and the left wing impacting grass.

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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