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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR22 · Owensboro, KY · February 23, 2025

Date
February 23, 2025 · 17:55 local
Place
Owensboro, KY
Airport
Owensboro-Daviess County Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N720CD
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,093 total423 in this make and model44 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.

Aircraft was given instruction to report right downwind for runway 18. Pilot reported about 3 miles from runway. Pilot states when he observed the numbers (18) or lines at right angle, he turned the aircraft 90 degrees to direct east. Made final turn at altitude approx. 940 ft with 2 red and 2 white PAPI lights showing. Speed approx 80 mph as he approached the ground. Nearly direct wind from the south no significant crosswind. Touchdown at about 1100 ft down the runway. Aircraft struck lights on left side of runway. Pilot thought these lights were runway lights but was actually in the grass. The aircraft struck a light. The front wheel made contact with the light and destroyed the light support and light. Right bottom wing struck a second light. The aircraft came to rest in the grass about 650 feet from touchdown and could not be moved under its own power out of the grass.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTION TO REPORT RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 18. PILOT REPORTED ABOUT 3 MILES FROM RUNWAY. PILOT STATES WHEN HE OBSERVED THE NUMBERS (18) OR LINES AT RIGHT ANGLE, HE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT 90 DEGREES TO DIRECT EAST. MADE FINAL TURN AT ALTITUDE APPROX. 940 FT WITH 2 RED AND 2 WHITE PAPI LIGHTS SHOWING. SPEED APPROX 80 MPH AS HE APPROACHED THE GROUND. NEARLY DIRECT WIND FROM THE SOUTH NO SIGNIFICANT CROSSWIND. TOUCHDOWN AT ABOUT 1100 FT DOWN THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT STRUCK LIGHTS ON LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY. PILOT THOUGHT THESE LIGHTS WERE RUNWAY LIGHTS BUT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A LIGHT. THE FRONT WHEEL MADE CONTACT WITH THE LIGHT AND DESTROYED THE LIGHT SUPPORT AND LIGHT. RIGHT BOTTOM WING STRUCK A SECOND LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS ABOUT 650 FEET FROM TOUCHDOWN AND COULD NOT BE MOVED UNDER ITS OWN POWER OUT OF THE GRASS.