# Incident 20231215019499I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Bethel, ME, December 15, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2023, 10:52 local time
- Place: Bethel, ME
- Airport: Bethel Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4252° N, 70.8099° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BETHEL RGNL (0B1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4252&lon=-70.8099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N713CD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N713CD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 205 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231215019499I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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