20250619007419I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR20 · Gila Bend, AZ · June 19, 2025

Date
June 19, 2025 · 09:50 local
Place
Gila Bend, AZ
Airport
Gila Bend Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N528AV
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR20
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-390-C3B6
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student

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.

The aircraft was being operated under dual instruction by a student pilot (sp) with an instructor pilot (ip) on board. During the second landing attempt on runway 4, the sp initiated the round-out high and then relaxed the flare, allowing the aircraft to settle onto the runway. The aircraft touched down with a moderate nose-up attitude and subsequently bounced. In response, the ip called for a go-around.

Full power was applied, and the flaps were retracted to a 50% setting. However, an excessive nose-up attitude developed, resulting in a power-on stall condition. The sp relinquished control to the ip, who attempted to establish a proper climb attitude. Despite this, the aircraft continued to roll to the right. The ip attempted to regain directional control but was unsuccessful.

The aircraft bounced off the runway surface, shearing the left main landing gear. It continued veering to the right, ultimately departing the runway into a sloped area where it struck a tree or shrub.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER DUAL INSTRUCTION BY A STUDENT PILOT (SP) WITH AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT (IP) ON BOARD. DURING THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 4, THE SP INITIATED THE ROUND-OUT HIGH AND THEN RELAXED THE FLARE, ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH A MODERATE NOSE-UP ATTITUDE AND SUBSEQUENTLY BOUNCED. IN RESPONSE, THE IP CALLED FOR A GO-AROUND.

FULL POWER WAS APPLIED, AND THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED TO A 50% SETTING. HOWEVER, AN EXCESSIVE NOSE-UP ATTITUDE DEVELOPED, RESULTING IN A POWER-ON STALL CONDITION. THE SP RELINQUISHED CONTROL TO THE IP, WHO ATTEMPTED TO ESTABLISH A PROPER CLIMB ATTITUDE. DESPITE THIS, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROLL TO THE RIGHT. THE IP ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.

THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED OFF THE RUNWAY SURFACE, SHEARING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. IT CONTINUED VEERING TO THE RIGHT, ULTIMATELY DEPARTING THE RUNWAY INTO A SLOPED AREA WHERE IT STRUCK A TREE OR SHRUB.