# NTSB ANC20CA012: Cirrus SR22, N779LB, Kapolei, HI, January 7, 2020 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report - Date: January 6, 2020, 15:05 local (Jan 7, 2020, 01:05 UTC) - Place: Kapolei, HI - Coordinates: 21.303888, -158.074172 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3039&lon=-158.0742&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 100788 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC20CA012 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100788/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100788 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA012 ## Probable cause The student pilot's loss of airplane control during a short field takeoff in gusting crosswind conditions, and the designated pilot examiner's delayed remedial action. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 94 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Designated examiner (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 74 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) - [Post-impact: Fire/smoke (post-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/170); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/170/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 354 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/170/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot was taking his private pilot checkride and was performing a soft-field takeoff from a touch-and-go. The student pilot reported that immediately after the takeoff, the airplane experienced “windshear" from the right and the airplane banked left and drifted left of centerline. He corrected with right aileron, which at first had no effect, then the airplane rapidly banked right and the right-wing tip struck the runway surface. The airplane then banked and yawed left and pitched up. The airplane descended from about 15 ft in a nose low left wing down attitude and impacted the runway surface hard The designated pilot examiner (DPE) stated that the student pilot performed a good soft field landing and then after the soft-field takeoff, the right wing suddenly dipped, and the wingtip struck the runway. As the DPE was about to say "abort," the airplane pitched up and rolled left. The DPE then got on the controls with the student pilot and they both had full right aileron applied, but the airplane did not respond and subsequently impacted the runway. The fuselage and wings were substantially damaged. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N779LB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N779LB-2022-01-11), registration cancelled 2022-01-11, S/N 2499, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cirrus SR22 - Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (registry code 2130001) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-550-N](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (registry code 17215, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 2499 - Year built: 2007 - Airframe hours: 4723.3 - Engines: Continental IO-550N 310 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, December 11, 2019, 48 hours before - Departed: JRF, Kapolei, HI - Destination: JRF, Kapolei, HI - Airport: JRF, Kalaeloa (John Rodgers Field), runway 04R, 8,000 × 200 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Data recorder, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, Airframe parachute ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 36; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 45.7 total, 44.7 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command - Check pilot; age 73; injuries: minor; military, airline transport, private, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review August 28, 2019; seat: right; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 15,567 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 80° at 12 knots, gusting 28 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft overcast - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 30.12 inHg - Observed at: PHJR ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20200107005249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200107005249A), Jan 7, 2020: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Kapolei, HI, Substantial damage. 1/7/2020 At 3:15PM HST the hnl FSDO received a call from DPE [privacy data omitted] that he had been involved in an accident while conducting a private pilot… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 10, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100788. 2.9 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40486835&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - DPE Record of Conversation (Paget) (item 2, .PDF, 73 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40486836&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=DPE%20Record%20of%20Conversation%20(Paget)-Master.PDF - Photos (item 3, .PDF, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40486837&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photos-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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