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FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR22 · Seattle, WA · February 14, 2020

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Date
February 14, 2020 · 17:20 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Boeing Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N382DJ
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,020 total254 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days
N382DJRegistered now · Cirrus Design SR22S/N 3450 · Built 2009Airframe modelCirrus Design SR22Engine modelContinental IO-550-NReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot-in-command reports operating N382DJ, a Cirrus SR-22, on a personal flight from bayview skagit airport to Boeing Field with the aircraft owner on board, who was appropriately rated for the aircraft and the flight. PIC reports that well north of the airport the aircraft owner was offered and accepted the flight controls and was the sole manipulator of the controls intending to land the aircraft at Boeing Field, until the wake turbulence event occurred.

Before arriving at the airport both pilots report that air traffic control advised them of a heavy aircraft on parallel final approach course to runway 14R at Boeing Field. Both pilots report that on approach to runway 14L at Boeing, less than two miles from the threshold, the Cirrus aircraft was passed by the heavy aircraft immediately on their right, and the Cirrus aircraft immediately experienced an uncommanded roll of greater than 90 degrees.

The pilot in command reports he assumed controls of the aircraft and made corrective control inputs and was able to recover control of the aircraft shortly before impacting the local terrain. Both pilots report that the abrupt, uncontrolled descent began at approximately seven-hundred feet, and that the uncommanded descent was arrested at approximately eighty feet above the local structures.

These reports were substantiated by the falcon replay and audio as well as objective data extracted from the Cirrus SR-22.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT-IN-COMMAND REPORTS OPERATING N382DJ, A CIRRUS SR-22, ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM BAYVIEW SKAGIT AIRPORT TO BOEING FIELD WITH THE AIRCRAFT OWNER ON BOARD, WHO WAS APPROPRIATELY RATED FOR THE AIRCRAFT AND THE FLIGHT. PIC REPORTS THAT WELL NORTH OF THE AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT OWNER WAS OFFERED AND ACCEPTED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND WAS THE SOLE MANIPULATOR OF THE CONTROLS INTENDING TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT BOEING FIELD, UNTIL THE WAKE TURBULENCE EVENT OCCURRED.

BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE AIRPORT BOTH PILOTS REPORT THAT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ADVISED THEM OF A HEAVY AIRCRAFT ON PARALLEL FINAL APPROACH COURSE TO RUNWAY 14R AT BOEING FIELD. BOTH PILOTS REPORT THAT ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 14L AT BOEING, LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM THE THRESHOLD, THE CIRRUS AIRCRAFT WAS PASSED BY THE HEAVY AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY ON THEIR RIGHT, AND THE CIRRUS AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED ROLL OF GREATER THAN 90 DEGREES.

THE PILOT IN COMMAND REPORTS HE ASSUMED CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MADE CORRECTIVE CONTROL INPUTS AND WAS ABLE TO RECOVER CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT SHORTLY BEFORE IMPACTING THE LOCAL TERRAIN. BOTH PILOTS REPORT THAT THE ABRUPT, UNCONTROLLED DESCENT BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY SEVEN-HUNDRED FEET, AND THAT THE UNCOMMANDED DESCENT WAS ARRESTED AT APPROXIMATELY EIGHTY FEET ABOVE THE LOCAL STRUCTURES.

THESE REPORTS WERE SUBSTANTIATED BY THE FALCON REPLAY AND AUDIO AS WELL AS OBJECTIVE DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE CIRRUS SR-22.