# Accident 20240718008159A: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Fort Pierce, FL, July 18, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2024, 07:45 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: Fort Pierce
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2447° N, 80.4928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2447&lon=-80.4928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89LF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89LF) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 115 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA320) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240718008159A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/18/2024 AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMTING TO LAND ON RWY 10 AT FL37 WHEN THE PILOT MISTOOK A ROAD PARALLEL TO RWY 10 FOR THE RUNWAY. AT THE LAST MOMENT THE PILOT RECOGNIZED HIS MISTAKE AND DURING THE GO-AROUND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DISTRIBUTION POWERLINE CAUSING SUBSTATIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT-WING SPAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KFPR WITHOUT INCIDENT AND 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 ERA24LA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA320), Jul 18, 2024: Cirrus Design SR20 (N89LF), Port St. Lucie, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to correctly identify the airport runway, which resulted in a landing on a road and contact with a power line. Contributing to the outcome was the sun glare.

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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