# Accident 20220131001339A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Hutchinson, MN, January 31, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2022, 13:01 local time
- Place: Hutchinson, MN
- Airport: Hutchinson Municipal-Butler Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8305° N, 94.3503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8305&lon=-94.3503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N227BD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N227BD) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 729 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220131001339A

## Narrative

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

2022-01-31 N227BD CIRRUS SR22 PARACHUTE DEPLOYED HUTCHINSON MN.  DURING FIRST FLIGHT OF CIRRUS EMBARK TRANSITION TRAINING A PRACTICE LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED AT KHCD HUTCHINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  THE ATTEMPTED LANDING WAS ABORTED AND A GO AROUND WAS PERFORMED AFTER A NOTICEABLE BOUNCE OFF THE MAIN WHEELS. THE CFI (PILOT 2) IN THE RIGHT SEAT STATED IT WAS OBVIOUS THEY WERE NOT CLIMBING AS QUICKLY AS THEY HAD DURING THE FIRST TAKEOFF OF THE DAY. HE DID A SCAN TO CHECK PITCH ATTITUDE AND MONITOR AIRSPEED. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 80 KNOTS PILOT 2 CALLED OUT ?80 KNOTS FLAPS UP?, PILOT 1 RETRACTED THE FLAPS AND CONTINUED TO CLIMB SLOWLY. PILOT 2 STATED THERE WAS NO NOTICEABLE ACCELERATION WHEN THE FLAPS REACHED THE FULLY RETRACTED POSITION. PILOT 2 NOTED WHEN THE INDICATED ALTITUDE WAS AT ABOUT 1350 FEET MSL THEIR AIRSPEED WAS STILL LOW EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE CLIMBING AT A MODEST PITCH, AT THIS MOMENT HE TOLD PILOT 1 THAT IF THEY DO NOT GET TO PATTERN ALTITUDE SOON THEY MANY HAVE TO CONSIDER CAPS (CIRRUS AIRFRAME PARACHUTE SYSTEM). WHEN THEY REACHED 1500 FEET MSL PILOT 2 CALLED OUT CAPS AVAILABLE, AT THAT POINT PILOT 1 CALLED OUT ?YOUR CONTROLS?.  PILOT 2 RESPONDED ?MY CONTROLS? AND TOOK OVER CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 1600 FEET MSL AIRSPEED HAD DROPPED BELOW 80 KNOTS, PILOT 2 STATED HE KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO HEAR THE STALL WARNING SHORTLY AND MADE THE DECISION TO DEPLOY THE PARACHUTE. PILOT 2 CALLED OUT ?PULL IT? REFERRING TO CAPS. PILOT 1 THEN PULLED THE DEPLOYMENT HANDLE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND 2.1 MILES FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT #1 WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT UNCONSCIOUS AND TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE PASSED THE FOLLOWING DAY. PILOT #2 WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

## 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 CEN22FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA111), Jan 31, 2022: Cirrus Design SR22 (N227BD), Hutchinson, MN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The reduction in fuel flow and subsequent partial loss of engine power after takeoff for reasons that could not be determined.

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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