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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR20 · Richmond, VA · September 7, 2025

Date
September 7, 2025 · 08:24 local
Place
Richmond, VA
Airport
Richmond Exec-Chesterfield Cou
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N283JS
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR20
Reported engine
Continental IO-360-ES
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
130 total112 in this make and model6 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.

On 09/07/2025, at 08:24:26 local time, Cirrus SR-22 privacy data omitted landed with excess nose high attitude, and a sink rate in excess of 400 feet per minute which caused the forward half of the aircraft to pivot down and forward on the main gear with the momentum causing damage to the front landing gear and the front landing gear skirt when the nose landing gear struck the runway. The aircraft then bounced 20 feet back into the air, with a 10 degree left bank and airspeed below 59 knots and possibly stalled. The aircraft fell back to the runway, struck the rear rudder lower cap and again struck the nose landing gear hard. The pilot in command then executed a balked landing go around procedure. Subsequent pattern and landing were uneventful.

As the FAA filed it

ON 09/07/2025, AT 08:24:26 LOCAL TIME, CIRRUS SR-22 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED WITH EXCESS NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, AND A SINK RATE IN EXCESS OF 400 FEET PER MINUTE WHICH CAUSED THE FORWARD HALF OF THE AIRCRAFT TO PIVOT DOWN AND FORWARD ON THE MAIN GEAR WITH THE MOMENTUM CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT LANDING GEAR AND THE FRONT LANDING GEAR SKIRT WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED 20 FEET BACK INTO THE AIR, WITH A 10 DEGREE LEFT BANK AND AIRSPEED BELOW 59 KNOTS AND POSSIBLY STALLED. THE AIRCRAFT FELL BACK TO THE RUNWAY, STRUCK THE REAR RUDDER LOWER CAP AND AGAIN STRUCK THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HARD. THE PILOT IN COMMAND THEN EXECUTED A BALKED LANDING GO AROUND PROCEDURE. SUBSEQUENT PATTERN AND LANDING WERE UNEVENTFUL.