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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR22 · Block Island, RI · June 6, 2021

Date
June 6, 2021 · 13:00 local
Place
Block Island, RI
Airport
Block Island State
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N514DT
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-N
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
872 total156 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

N514DT was approaching runway 28 at Block Island for landing. Radar data indicates the aircraft overshot the final approach course by approximately 0.25 miles and the aircraft was not aligned with the runway until about .5 miles from the runway threshold. Airport personnel stated they witnessed the aircraft porpoise twice on the runway before the pilot added full power to go around and try the landing a second time. The second landing was uneventful and the pilot stated he noticed the propeller damage when securing the aircraft after the second, successful, landing. The pilot stated he was unaware he had struck the propeller during the first landing attempt. He did State his second landing was "like kissing the pavement" and very smooth. The weather at the time of the incident was reported as 22008KT 10SM clr 27/17 A3005.

As the FAA filed it

N514DT WAS APPROACHING RUNWAY 28 AT BLOCK ISLAND FOR LANDING. RADAR DATA INDICATES THE AIRCRAFT OVERSHOT THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE BY APPROXIMATELY 0.25 MILES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY UNTIL ABOUT .5 MILES FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. AIRPORT PERSONNEL STATED THEY WITNESSED THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISE TWICE ON THE RUNWAY BEFORE THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER TO GO AROUND AND TRY THE LANDING A SECOND TIME. THE SECOND LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND THE PILOT STATED HE NOTICED THE PROPELLER DAMAGE WHEN SECURING THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE SECOND, SUCCESSFUL, LANDING. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS UNAWARE HE HAD STRUCK THE PROPELLER DURING THE FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT. HE DID STATE HIS SECOND LANDING WAS "LIKE KISSING THE PAVEMENT" AND VERY SMOOTH. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED AS 22008KT 10SM CLR 27/17 A3005.