# Incident 20210917015869I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Defiance, OH, September 17, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2021, 15:00 local time
- Place: Defiance, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 41.2810° N, 84.3658° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Defiance, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2810&lon=-84.3658&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81EZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81EZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210917015869I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 AT 1500 LOCAL TIME, A CIRRUS SR20 AIRCRAFT, N81EZ, REGISTERED TO A 14 CFR PART 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL AND OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE FOLLOWING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND SUBSEQUENT RUNWAY EXCURSION DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 AT DEFIANCE, OHIO (DFI). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND MODERATE CROSS WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE TRAINING FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 141 WITH A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE BATTLE CREEK EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (BTL), BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 1330.

ACCORDING WITNESSES, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED 2 OR 3 TIMES FOLLOWING INITIAL TOUCH-DOWN THEN VEERED LEFT INTO THE GRASS BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL PANT AND A SMALL NICK IN THE PROPELLER. NO ENGINE STOPPAGE WAS REPORTED.

MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REMOVED AND INSPECTED THE PROPELLER AS WELL AS REPLACED THE WHEEL PANT PRIOR TO FERRYING THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO BATTLE CREEK FOR ENGINE REPLACEMENT.

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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