# Incident 20200214002549I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Seattle, WA, February 14, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2020, 17:20 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N382DJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N382DJ) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,020 total, 254 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200214002549I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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