# Accident 20220803014029A: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Butler, PA, August 3, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2022, 12:20 local time
- Place: Butler, PA
- Airport: Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Air
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7768° N, 79.9498° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7768&lon=-79.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N459BT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N459BT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0-360-ES (registry code 41596, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-360-ES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 598 total, 77 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA352) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220803014029A

## Narrative

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

DURING DEPARTURE AND CLIMB, THE PILOT NOTICED THE COPILOT DOOR AJAR.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR WITH NO SUCCESS.  THE PILOT FLEW THE NORMAL PATTERN PROCEDURE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 2000' MSL, TURNED CROSSWIND, AND THEN DOWNWIND RUNWAY 26 AT 2300' TO LAND SO HE COULD CLOSE THE DOOR.  THE PILOT ARRIVED AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 26 AND THOUGHT HE HEARD THE STALL WARNING HORN.  THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID A STALL. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THEN REBOUNDED WITH A SECOND BOUNCE.  THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER IN AN ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED DRAMATICALLY TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A PAPI LIGHT AND SWERVED INTO A DITCH CAUSING IT TO PITCH UP AND THEN LAND NOSE DOWN.    AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, FUSELAGE, WINGS, AND PROPELLER.

## 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 ERA22LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA352), Aug 3, 2022: Cirrus Design SR20 (N459BT), Nixon, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing, resulting in a runway excursion. Contributing to the outcome was the pilot’s failure to ensure that the airplane’s right side door…

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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