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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR20 · Olathe, KS · March 9, 2024

Date
March 9, 2024 · 12:02 local
Place
Olathe, KS
Airport
Johnson County Executive
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N861DM
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR20
Reported engine
Continental IO-360-ES
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
743 total19 in this make and model101 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.

The instructor stated that the student was flying an unstable approach to the runway and continued slowing the aircraft toward stall speed. Between 200 feet AGL and 50 feet AGL the instructor commanded the student several times to add power and the student did not respond. At 50 feet AGL the instructor said, "my controls', and added power. The instructor attempted to land the airplane rather than initiate a go-around. The aircraft landed in the grass on the right side of the runway. In the landing roll the aircraft struck a runway light with the right main wheel and both wings struck the ground before the aircraft came to a full stop. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the pilots were uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE STUDENT WAS FLYING AN UNSTABLE APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED SLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TOWARD STALL SPEED. BETWEEN 200 FEET AGL AND 50 FEET AGL THE INSTRUCTOR COMMANDED THE STUDENT SEVERAL TIMES TO ADD POWER AND THE STUDENT DID NOT RESPOND. AT 50 FEET AGL THE INSTRUCTOR SAID, "MY CONTROLS', AND ADDED POWER. THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRPLANE RATHER THAN INITIATE A GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE GRASS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. IN THE LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL AND BOTH WINGS STRUCK THE GROUND BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A FULL STOP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOTS WERE UNINJURED.