# Accident 20210424007269A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Port Aransas, TX, April 24, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2021, 13:15 local time
- Place: Port Aransas, TX
- Airport: Mustang Beach Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8103° N, 97.0874° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8103&lon=-97.0874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N587CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N587CD-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 172 total, 72 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21FA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21FA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210424007269A

## Narrative

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

ON 24 MARCH 2021, 1315 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME N587CD A CIRRUS SR22, CRASHED AT MUSTANG BEACH AIRPORT (PEZ) PORT ARANSAS, TEXAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT (ASEL) WAS FATALLY INJURED . TWO PASSENGERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED. N587CD WAS DESTROYED.

AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE PARTICIPATING IN AN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EVENT AT THE AIRPORT.

POST-ACCIDENT:

THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS NOT MOVED AND WAS SECURED ONSITE BY LOCAL POLICE OVERNIGHT, COORDINATED BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER. THE FAA AND NTSB TRAVELLED TO THE ACCIDENT THE NEXT MORNING.

WITNESS STATEMENTS:

MULTIPLE WITNESS STATEMENTS AND PERSONAL INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY THE FAA IIC AND NTSB IIC FROM PILOT(S) AND LAY-PERSON(S)  WHO WITNESSED ALL OR PART OF THE ACCIDENT  INDICATED; THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHORT/ LOW ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 30 WITH WINGS ROCKING AND POSSIBLY THE LEFT DOOR OPEN.  DESCRIPTIONS FROM THE INTERVIEWS DESCRIBED THE AIRCRAFT-CLIMBING STEEPLY THEN LEFT WING DROPPING AND THE RIGHT WING COMING OVER THE TOP IN A COUNTERCLOCKWISE ROTATION AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTING THE GROUND UPSIDE DOWN (INVERTED NOSE FIRST) WITH THE PARACHUTE DEPLOYING ON IMPACT.

INVESTIGATION:

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACT AND DEBRI FIELD STARTED LEFT OF RUNWAY 30 AT APPROXIMATELY 975 FEET FROM THE LEADING EDGE AND APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE ON A 260-DEGREE TRAJECTORY.  THE PROPELLER ASSEMBLY WAS INTACT AND  BURIED IN THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT WITH  A PORTION OF THE CRANKSHAFT HUB PARTIALLY ATTACHED WHERE IT FRACTURED AT THE FLANGE DURING THE INITIAL INVERTED IMPACT POINT.THE LEFT WING TIP  INDICATED IMPACT DAMAGE AND GROUND SCAR , (POSSIBLY DURING INITIAL IMPACT)  THE TAIL, UPPER FORWARD CABIN SECTION AND THE ENGINE MOUNT PARTIALLY SEPARATED. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THE TRAJECTORY STRIKING ON THE LOWER MAIN LANDING GEAR  , MOVING BACKWARDS TOGETHER UNTIL COMING TO REST UPRIGHT APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET FROM NOSE IMPACT.

ENGINE CONTROLS INDICATED FULL THROTTLE, AIRSPEED INDICATOR (BROKEN)  INDICATED 67 KNOTS. THE HSI  (BROKEN CAGED)  INDICATING AIRCRAFT ORIENTATION OF  INVERTED IMPACT APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGREES  RELATIVE TO SURFACE. FUEL WAS VISUALLY INSPECTED IN BOTH TANKS. THE  AVIDYNE PFD AND AVIDYNE MFD ?CF CARD WERE REMOVED BY THE CIRRUS ACCIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND PROVIDED TO THE NTSB FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION.

FAA IIC REVIEWED  THE AIRCRAFT/ENGINE /PROP LOG BOOKS FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFT AND VERIFIED AIRCRAFT HAD CURRENT ANNUAL INSPECTION AT TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

(AAM-631) CAMI AUTOPSY TEAM REPORT WAS NOT COMPLETE AT THE TIME OF 8020-23 SUBMISSION.

## 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 CEN21FA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21FA199), Apr 24, 2021: Cirrus Design SR22 (N587CD), Port Aransas, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the go-around, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall.

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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