# Accident 20210618010279A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Hayward, WI, June 18, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2021, 12:23 local time
- Place: Hayward, WI
- Airport: Sawyer County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0286° N, 91.4457° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0286&lon=-91.4457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N729SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N729SA) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 418 total, 210 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA280) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210618010279A

## Narrative

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

ON 6-18-2021 AT 1223 CST, A CIRRUS SR22 AIRPLANE, N729SA WAS CONDUCTING A PERSONAL FLIGHT STARTING FROM KONA (WINONA MN.) ENROUTE TO KLXL (LITTLE FALLS MN.) THE NEXT LEG OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO KHYR (HAYWARD, WI.) THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GET WEATHER DATA FROM HAYWARD, WI AND THE ASOS SYSTEM WAS DOWN ACCORDING TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR HAYWARD, WI. THE ONBOARD WEATHER FOR THE AIRCRAFT AND ATC INFORMED THE PILOT THAT THE WINDS AT HAYWARD WERE "A CROSSWIND AND GUSTY" PER THE PILOT. THE PILOT CALLED THE UNICOM AND WAS ADVISED THE WINDS WERE 060 AT 10-12 KNOTS GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS. THE PILOT ENTERED THE PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 21 AND ON SHORT FINAL EXPERIENCED A "LARGE GUST OF WIND". HE INDICATED HE PULLED BACK ON THE CONTROLS AND STALLED ABOUT 10 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ADDED POWER TO GO AROUND. THE PILOT STATED "I PUSHED THE POWER FORWARD AND THE PLANE TURNED LEFT AND FLEW INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING 14 CFR PART 91. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO THE PILOT DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT AND NO PASSENGERS WERE ON THIS FLIGHT.

## 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 CEN21LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA280), Jun 18, 2021: Cirrus Design SR22 (N729SA), Hayward, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing with gusting wind.

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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