20240601008659A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cirrus Design SR20 · Aitkin, MN · June 1, 2024

Date
June 1, 2024 · 12:11 local
Place
Aitkin, MN
Airport
Aitkin Municipal-Steve Kurtz Field
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N275RS
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN24LA207
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR20
Reported engine
Continental IO-360 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
344 total200 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

While attempting a landing the aircraft bounced and the PIC applied full power for a go around. The aircraft did not climb as the PIC expected. Near the end of the runway the PIC deployed the Cirrus aircraft parachute and executed an emergency landing in a swamp off the end of the runway. The aircraft struck multiple small trees before impacting the ground, breaking off 1 main landing gear and the nose landing gear. The parachute showed no signs of inflation, the slider ring was still at the base of the envelope and the parachute straps were still secured not activating the line cutters. Post accident inspection of the aircraft revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ATTEMPTING A LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THE PIC APPLIED FULL POWER FOR A GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CLIMB AS THE PIC EXPECTED. NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY THE PIC DEPLOYED THE CIRRUS AIRCRAFT PARACHUTE AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SWAMP OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK MULTIPLE SMALL TREES BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND, BREAKING OFF 1 MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PARACHUTE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF INFLATION, THE SLIDER RING WAS STILL AT THE BASE OF THE ENVELOPE AND THE PARACHUTE STRAPS WERE STILL SECURED NOT ACTIVATING THE LINE CUTTERS. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES THAT WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED NORMAL OPERATION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.