# Incident 20221214019639I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Riverside, CA, December 14, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2022, 18:40 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N455PG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N455PG) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 414 total, 234 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221214019639I

## Narrative

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

WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 AT KRAL ON 12/15/2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1840PST, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A SR20, LOST CONTROL AND RAN OF THE LEFT SIDE (SOUTH) OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A "HARD LANDING." THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN THE DARK AFTER SUNSET WITH WHAT THE PILOT AFFIRMS AS A PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY FAILED LANDING LIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE "INITIALLY CONTACTED THE RUNWAY IT WAS HARDER THAN ANTICIPATED," AND PILOT STATEMENTS INDICATED THAT HE HAD DIFFICULTY JUDGING AIRCRAFT EIGHT ABOVE RUNWAY AS A RESULT. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED 2 OR 3 TIMES DURING LANDING, SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE FROM IMPACTING AIRPORT SIGNAGE, SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR MOUNTS, AND STRUCK THE PROPELLER BEFORE COMING TO REST SHORT OF TAXIWAY E. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE LANDING GEAR MOUNTS STRUCTURALLY FAILED AND DUG INTO THE INFIELD EARTH, AND ALL THREE BLADES OF THE PROPELLER WERE BENT/WARPED AFTER STRIKING THE GROUND. THE LEADING PORTION OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR'S COWLING APPEARS TO HAVE SUSTAINED COSMETIC DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PARTY KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN ONBOARD AND REPORTED BEING UNINJURED.

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