# Accident 20240413003419A: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Chesterfield, MO, April 13, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2024, 12:55 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Location: 38.6661° N, 90.6569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6661&lon=-90.6569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N594M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N594M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-390-C3B6 (registry code 42710, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-390-c3b6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-390-C3B6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 831 total, 100 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240413003419A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT, A CIRRUS SR20, WAS OPERATED BY A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND STUDENT PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN WORKING IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AS PART OF THE STUDENT PILOTS FLIGHT TRAINING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 26R. THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER STATED THAT THEY WERE SCANNING THE FIELD AFTER GIVING THE AIRCRAFT CLEARANCE FOR TAKE-OFF WHEN THEY LOOKED BACK AT THE AIRCRAFT, AND IT WAS OFF THE RUNWAY ABOUT 2000 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM A SIMULATED SOFT FIELD TAKE-OFF AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. HE SAID THAT HE HAD THE YOKE PULLED BACK AS THEY INCREASED POWER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT QUICKLY PITCHED UP AND THE STALL HORN BEGAN TO SOUND. THE STUDENT PILOT AND THE CFI ATTEMPTED TO NOSE THE AIRCRAFT OVER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO THE GROUND. THE IMPACT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE MOUNTS, ENGINE FIREWALL, RIGHT WING FLAP CONTROLS, AND RIGHT-WING ROOT. ADDITIONALLY, BOTH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR WERE SHEARED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE CFI STATED THAT THE STUDENT PILOT HELD THE YOKE TOO FAR BACK AND WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT IT PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT PITCHING UP AND THEN AIRCRAFT IMPACTING THE GROUND. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN24LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA159), Apr 13, 2024: Cirrus Design SR20 (N594M), Chesterfield, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain control during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.