# Accident 20210925016789A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Tucumcari, NM, September 25, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2021, 13:31 local time
- Place: Tucumcari, NM
- Airport: Tucumcari Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1813° N, 103.5999° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1813&lon=-103.5999&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216FC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N216FC-2022-12-31) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 510 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA355) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210925016789A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2021, AT 1334 MDT, A CIRRUS SR-22, N216FC, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, IMPACTED THE GROUND WHILE ATTEMPTING A GO AROUND AT TUCUMCARI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (TCC) IN VMC.  THE INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURY.  N216FC WAS DESTROYED IN A POST-CRASH FIRE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PHOENIX DEER VALLEY AIRPORT (DVT) ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2021, AT 1000 MST.

WITNESSES AND PILOT STATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FAST ON FINAL.  ON TOUCHDOWN IT BEGAN TO PORPOISE DOWN THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER AND OVER ROTATED.  THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE IT WAS CONSUMED IN A POST-ACCIDENT FIRE.

INVESTIGATION REVEALED THROUGH PILOT AND WITNESS STATEMENTS THAT CAUSE OF ACCIDENT IS ATTRIBUTED TO PILOT?S LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF GO AROUND PROCEDURES.

PILOT OFFERED TO VOLUNTARILY SURRENDER HIS CERTIFICATE AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 WPR21LA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA355), Sep 25, 2021: Cirrus Design SR22 (N216FC), Tucumcari, NM, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a hard and bounced landing.

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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