# Accident 20201106015929A: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Englewood, CO, November 6, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2020, 15:11 local time
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Airport: Centennial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5700° N, 104.8490° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5700&lon=-104.8490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N418DE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N418DE) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 843 total, 311 in this make and model, 199 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201106015929A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT AND CFI PERFORMING CROSSWIND LANDING ON RUNWAY 17L AT KAPA AIRPORT, STUDENT ON THE CONTROLS. AIRCRAFT DID NOT APPEAR WELL POSITIONED FOR LANDING AND CFI STATED "MAYBE WE SHOULD GO AROUND". STUDENT CONTINUED TOWARD RUNWAY AND WITH THE APPLICATION OF POWER,  PITCHED  UP AND VEERED TO THE LEFT (IT IS NOT CLEAR IF TIRES TOUCHED RUNWAY SURFACE). A GUST OF WIND MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE AIRCRAFT BANKING TO THE LEFT THOUGH CFI STATED STUDENT USED LEFT YOKE CONTROL INPUT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BANKED RIGHT WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP TOUCHING THE SURFACE FOLLOWED BY THE AIRCRAFT NOSING OVER AND THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND. THE NOSE GEAR WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT WING HITTING THE GROUND AND LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST CLEAR AND EAST OF THE RUNWAY

AS THE NARRATIVES FROM THE CFI AND STUDENT DIFFER SOMEWHAT IT IS NOT EXACTLY CERTAIN WHEN THE CFI TOOK THE CONTROLS FROM THE STUDENT. CFI AND STUDENT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AND RESPONDING NORMALLY PRIOR TO INCIDENT. PILOTS REPORTED WIND AS 220@10, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTED WIND AS 230@15.

## 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 CEN21LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA051), Nov 6, 2020: Cirrus SR22 (N418DE), Denver, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing with a gusting crosswind and his failure to go around and relinquish control of the airplane when directed by the…

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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