# Incident 20230307002249I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Sanford, FL, March 7, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2023, 16:58 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Sanford International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.8228° N, 81.2633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANFORD (FL55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8228&lon=-81.2633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N487DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N487DA) (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
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 980 total, 120 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230307002249I

## Narrative

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

A CIRRUS SR-20 ON AN INSTRUCTION FLIGHT BASED OUT OF SANFORD, FL^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STATED TAT BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED THE STUDENT WAS PERFORMING PATTERN WORK AROUND KSFB WHEREAS THE WEATHER, GUSTY AND TURBULENT WHILE PRACTICING POWER-OFF LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 27L. DURING THE LAST MANEUVER THEY REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT WAS SINKING RAPIDLY AND WAS ALREADY TOO LOW FOR SHORT FINAL, ADDED FULL POWER AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND GIVEN THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME, WIND AT 17 GUSTING TO 20 BUT THE AIRPLANE WAS AT A FLAP ZERO CONFIGURATION SO THAT THE STUDENT HAD A LONGER GLIDE DISTANCE AND DID NOT USE THE FLAPS EXPECTING REDUCED DRAG AND THE AIRSPEED WAS NOT HIGH ENOUGH FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO FLOAT OVER THE GROUND WITHOUT THE FLAPS. WITH THAT AND THE ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND UNSUCCESSFUL AS THE LANDING GEAR HIT THE END OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE PLANE TO ROLL OUT INTO THE GRASS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY HITTING ONE OF THE THRESHOLD LIGHTS. AFTER STOPPING THE AIRPLANE, THE INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND BOTH OCCUPANTS, UNINJURED DEPARTED THE PLANE. AFTER A PRELIMINARY VISUAL INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE PLANE HAD SOME DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL PANTS, LEFT GEAR LEG (STRUT) COVERS, THE WHEEL AXLE APPEARED BENT AND MADE NOTE TO SOME SMALL PROPELLER DINGS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE NOTED WAS THE LEFT UNDERSIDE WING IMPALEMENT FROM THE THRESHOLD LIGHT. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED AND THE AIRCRAFT AT ITS LIFE LIMIT WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO SERVICE.

AFTER REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND THE STATEMENTS PROVIDED BY BOTH THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE INCIDENT HAVE BEEN PLACED IN REMEDIAL TRAINING STATUS. A LIST OF THESE ITEMS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED UNDER THE SCHOOLS ASAP PROGRAM AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW UPON REQUEST AND THE TYPE AND METHOD OF TRAINING IS DEEMED ACCEPTABLE.

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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