20231215019499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR22 · Bethel, ME · December 15, 2023

Date
December 15, 2023 · 10:52 local
Place
Bethel, ME
Airport
Bethel Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N713CD
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
230 total205 in this make and model44 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

12/15/2023 Form 8020-9 received from roc in conjunction with phone call from bethal regional airports (OB1) manager stating a Cirrus SR22 had departed controlled flight during a landing at 1052L. Pilot was uninjured and aircraft sustained minor damage. Interview with pilot and inspection of aircraft performed by FAA iic on 12/18/2023. Pilot stated that during an attempt to land on runway 32 he encountered a gust of cross wind while in the touch down phase of flight. This resulted in the aircraft bouncing several times and going left of the centerline striking a runway light traveling off the runway before eventually being brought back into control on the runway. Aircraft sustained damage to all three of its propeller tips, nose gear wheel fairing, right main gear fairing and scratches to the underside of the fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

12/15/2023 FORM 8020-9 RECEIVED FROM ROC IN CONJUNCTION WITH PHONE CALL FROM BETHAL REGIONAL AIRPORTS (OB1) MANAGER STATING A CIRRUS SR22 HAD DEPARTED CONTROLLED FLIGHT DURING A LANDING AT 1052L. PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. INTERVIEW WITH PILOT AND INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT PERFORMED BY FAA IIC ON 12/18/2023. PILOT STATED THAT DURING AN ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 32 HE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF CROSS WIND WHILE IN THE TOUCH DOWN PHASE OF FLIGHT. THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCING SEVERAL TIMES AND GOING LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT TRAVELING OFF THE RUNWAY BEFORE EVENTUALLY BEING BROUGHT BACK INTO CONTROL ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ALL THREE OF ITS PROPELLER TIPS, NOSE GEAR WHEEL FAIRING, RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAIRING AND SCRATCHES TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE.