# Incident 20200927012279I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Leeburg, VA, September 27, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2020, 12:05 local time
- Place: Leeburg, VA
- Airport: Leesburg Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0780° N, 77.5575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESBURG EXEC (JYO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0780&lon=-77.5575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N902TV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N902TV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-390-C3B6 (registry code 42710, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-390-c3b6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-390-C3B6
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 7 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200927012279I

## Narrative

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

INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND RECORD ON 9/28/2020. NO ONE WAS INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT STATUS AS CURRENT.  THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE PROP, LEFT MAIN WHEEL PANT, AND THE NOSE WHEEL PANT. THE PILOT REPORTED DURING TAKEOFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CLIMB AND THE PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF. HE CLAIMS THE ENGINE WAS NOT PERFORMING.  AN EVALUATION OF THE AIRCRAFTS ENGINE PERFORMANCE IS BEING EVALUATED AT THIS TIME.  ATQ IS IN OPEN STATUS.

AFTER REVIEWING THE ENGINE PERFORMANCE INFORMATION IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THE ENGINE WAS PERFORMING PROPERLY.  THE OPERATIONS INSPECTOR WILL BE GIVING THE PILOT ADDITIONAL TRAINING.  ON 9/27/2020 THE PILOT FAILED TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT AND INPUT THE PROPER CONTROLS DURING TAKEOFF ON A HOT DAY, WITH AN AIRCRAFT AT MAX WEIGHT.

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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