# Incident 20240823012009I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Gulfport, MS, August 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2024, 07:15 local time
- Place: Gulfport, MS
- Airport: Gulfport-Biloxi International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4073° N, 89.0701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GULFPORT-BILOXI INTL (GPT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4073&lon=-89.0701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N452TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N452TX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240823012009I

## Narrative

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

08/22/2024; AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTURE FROM KGPT - 2015 CIRRUS SR22: AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE (THREW A ROD). AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT(KGPT) SAFELY AND NO INJURIES REPORTED. PILOT NOTIFIED NTSB, PILOT STATED THE FOLLOWING “NTSB WOULD NOT INVESTIGATE BECAUSE NO ONE WAS INJURED, AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE PLANE.”  THE AIRCRAFTS LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FBO IN GPT.

MECHANIC STATEMENT: AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE (THREW A ROD).

## Other reports on N452TX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20180224003089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180224003089I), Feb 24, 2018: Cirrus SR22 (N452TX), Princeton, NJ, No damage. Pilot was landing on runway 28 at 39N in moderate rain. Pilot stated that after touchdown he started to apply breaks but the plane began to hydroplane. The…

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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