# Incident 20201130015249I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Erda, UT, November 30, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2020, 16:00 local time
- Place: Erda, UT
- Airport: Tooele Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6127° N, 112.3044° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Erda, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6127&lon=-112.3044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502DT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N502DT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,271 total, 56 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201130015249I

## Narrative

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

THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED SOUTH VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT, UTAH (U42) ON A TRAINING FLIGHT AND EVENTUALLY MADE IT TO TOOELE VALLEY AIRPORT, UTAH (TVY) FOR TAKE-OFF AND LANDING PRACTICE.  DURING THEIR 4TH TOUCH AND GO DURING ROLLOUT THEY FELT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STARTING TO LOWER FOLLOWED BY THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND.

AFTER SHUTTING DOWN AND EXITING THE AIRCRAFT THEY NOTICED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT HAD SNAPPED OFF.

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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