# Incident 20220125000839I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Phoenix, AZ, January 25, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2022, 14:24 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N496KG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N496KG) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220125000839I

## Narrative

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

ON 01/25/2022, AT 1424 MST, N496KG AN SR-22 AIRCRAFT DURING A FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FLIGHT FOR A PRE-SOLO STUDENT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 25R AT DVT.  THE INSTRUCTION INVOLVED TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND THE LANDING JUST PREVIOUS TO ON IN WHICH THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WAS DESCRIBE BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FLAT, HARD, BUT NOT EXCESSIVELY HARD.  CFI SAID THERE WAS A 5-10 KNOT CROSSWIND.

CIRRUS SR20 AIRCRAFT HAVE A KNOWN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE CONCERN FOR WHICH CIRRUS HAS INCORPORATED A DYE PENETRANT INSPECTION OF NOSE LANDING GEAR SIDE BRACE GUSSETS WELDS INTO SECTION 32-20 OF THEIR AMM AND REQUIRE IT TO BE PERFORMED ON ANNUAL AND 100 HOUR INSPECTIONS.  THIS WAS PERFORMED ON THE RECENT 100 HOUR INSPECTION OF THIS AIRCRAFT 20 HOURS PRIOR TO GEAR COLLAPSE.  SDR WAS FILED FOR THIS EVENT.

NSPECTED FRACTURED NOSE WHEEL STRUT AND COMPARED FRACTURE SURFACES TO PHOTOGRAPHS FORM NTSB METALLURGICAL REPORT FOR ACCIDENT WPR15IA252.  IT HAD THE SAME SIGNATURES OF INCIPIENT CRACK AT WELD.  OPERATOR ARRANGED TO SEND STRUT TO MFG. FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS.

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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