# Accident 20210824013949A: Cirrus Design Corp SF50, Lansing, MI, August 24, 2021 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 24, 2021, 18:58 local time - Place: Lansing, MI - Airport: Capitol Regional International - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 42.7785° N, 84.5648° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7785&lon=-84.5648&mi=10 - Aircraft: N1GG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1GG-2023-06-05) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cirrus Design SF50 (registry code 2130010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sf50) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Williams FJ33-5A (registry code 66015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj33-5a) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SF50 - Reported engine: WILLIAMS FJ33-5A - People aboard: 4 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 600 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA384) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210824013949A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON AUGUST 24, 2021 AT 18:58 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), A 2020 CIRRUS DESIGN CORP. SF50 AIRPLANE, N1GG, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT FOR A BUSINESS FLIGHT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT CAPITAL REGION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LAN) IN LANSING, MICHIGAN. THE PILOT, THREE PASSENGERS AND A DOG WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 BUSINESS FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, GUSTY WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY, PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. 18:55 EDT LANSING TOWER ADVISES N1GG THAT THERE ARE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN TOWARD THE AIRPORT FROM THE WEST AND THAT RUNWAY 10R WAS AVAILABLE FOR DEPARTURE. N1GG ACCEPTS AND TAXIES TO RUNWAY 10R. 18:56 EDT LANSING TOWER INFORMES N1GG THAT AUTOMATED TERMINAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (ATIS) INFORMATION OSCAR IS NOW CURRENT. 1GG ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE WILL PICK UP OSCAR. AT 18:56 EDT LANSING TOWER INSTRUCTS N1GG TO FLY RUNWAY HEADING AND CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. N1GG ACKNOWLEDGES THE INSTRUCTIONS. AT 18:57 EDT LANSING TOWER ISSUES A WIND SHEAR ALERT TO N1GG FOR PLUS TWENTY KNOTS, ONE MILE FINAL RUNWAY 28L. N1GG ACKNOWLEDGES THE ALERT. 4000 FT INTO THE TAKEOFF ROLL, N1GG ABORTS THE TAKEOFF AND VEERS OFF LEFT SIDE OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 10R. LANSING TOWER ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT N1GG AND ASKS IF THEY REQUIRE ASSISTANCE. THEY RECEIVED NO REPLY. THE PILOT STATED THAT AT THE 2000 FT MARKER, HE FELT HE HAD NO RESPONSE FROM THE LEFT RUDDER OR BRAKE. THE PILOT THEN ABORTED TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATLY 4000FT. HE STATED THAT HE PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK AND APPLIED THE BRAKES LIGHTLY BECAUSE HE FELT THAT HE ONLY HAD BRAKES ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHICH VEERED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. ULTIMATELY THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED EAST OF THE RUNWAY FOR 1000FT WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP AFTER IT IMPACTED THE PERIMETER FENCE AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE PILOT, THREE PASSENGERS AND THEIR DOG ESCAPED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT: LANSING METAR - 2253 UTC: WIND TWO FIVE ZERO AT EIGHT, VISIBILITY NINE STATUTE MILES, THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY, FEW CLOUDS FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED, FEW CLOUDS SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, TEMPERATURE THREE ONE, DEW POINT TWO FOUR, ALTIMETER TWO NINE NINE EIGHT. REMARKS: LIGHTING DISTANT ALL QUADRANTS. LANSING SPECI - 2308 UTC: WIND TWO NINE ZERO AT SEVENTEEN GUSTS THREE ZERO, VISIBILITY NINE STATUTE MILES, MODERATE THUNDERSTORM, SCATTERED CLOUDS TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, BROKEN CLOUDS THREE THOUSAND AND BROKEN CLOUDS FOUR THOUSAND, TEMPERATURE TWO SIX, DEW POINT ONE NINE, ALTIMETER THREE ZERO ZERO SIX. REMARKS: PEAK WIND THREE ONE ZERO AT THIRTY AT 2303 UTC. LIGHTING DISTANT ALL QUADRANTS. THUNDERSTORM BEGAN 2302 UTC. ## 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 CEN21LA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA384), Aug 24, 2021: Cirrus Design SF50 (N1GG), Lansing, MI, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to depart with a tailwind as a thunderstorm approached, which resulted in a loss of airplane performance due to an encounter with a significant tailwind gust and a subsequent… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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