# Incident 20210423006639I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Birmingham, AL, April 23, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2021, 09:50 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5639° N, 86.7523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIRMINGHAM-SHUTTLESWORTH INTL (BHM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5639&lon=-86.7523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N626SR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N626SR) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 74 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210423006639I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED BHM FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED UNEXPECTED WEATHER.  PILOT DECIDED TO RETURNED TO BHM.  UPON SHORT FINAL, THE PILOT BEGAN EXPERIENCING A GUSTY CROSSWIND.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND  RAN OFF THE EDGE OF RUNWAY 36, STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH HIS RIGHT MAIN GEAR.

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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