# Accident 20211114019489A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Burnsville, NC, November 14, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2021, 12:00 local time
- Place: Burnsville, NC
- Airport: Mountain Air
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8687° N, 82.3418° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8687&lon=-82.3418&mi=10
- Aircraft: N633CD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N633CD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,395 total, 2,198 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211114019489A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/14/2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 LOCAL TIME, A CIRRUS SR-22 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N633CD, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN DURING FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY (RWY) 32 AT MOUNTAIN AIR AIRPORT (2NC0), AS REPORTED BY THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED GUSTY WINDS ON APPROACH AND A WIND SHEAR AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY, THAT COMBINED WITH THE SLOW SPEED OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE ROUND OUT IN PREPARATION FOR TOUCHDOWN, CAUSED THE WING TO STALL AND THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER LEFT.  IT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE GRASS TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT TRIED TO RETURN THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY BY ADDING POWER AND FLIGHT CONTROL CORRECTIONS BUT HIS EFFORTS WERE NOT SUFFICIENT BECAUSE OF THE AIRCRAFT?S LOW ENERGY STATE.  AFTER POWER WAS APPLIED, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, STRUCK TREES BEFORE IMPACTING THE ROOF OF A SMALL BATH HOUSE. IT THEN STRUCK ANOTHER TREE AND FINALLY CAME TO REST IN THE WOODED AREA APPROXIMATELY 140 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY EDGE AND 462 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE EVENT WAS RECORDED BY AIRPORT VIDEO SURVEILLANCE THAT SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT ON A STABLE APPROACH UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE LEFT AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET.  WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VFR AND THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER PART 91.  PIC WAS CURRENT AND QUALIFIED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DETERMINED TO BE AIRWORTHY.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

THE WEATHER STATION, LOCATED AT THE LEFT APPROACH END OF RWY 32, RECORDED DATA BETWEEN 11:49 AND 12:14 LOCAL TIME INDICATING WINDS SHIFTING FROM SOUTH SOUTH-WEST, TO SOUTH, THEN WEST TO EAST AT SPEEDS FROM 3 TO 9 MILES PER HOUR.

RECOMMENDATIONS: ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON APPROACHES AND LANDINGS IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS.

## 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 ERA22LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA059), Nov 14, 2021: Cirrus Design SR22 (N633CD), Burnsville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to compensate for the high density altitude and the tailwind component while landing at a mountaintop airport, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and a loss of aircraft…

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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