- Date
- January 15, 2010, 20:45 local (Jan 16, 2010, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fredericksburg, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N155SRCirrus SR22
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA San Antonio FSDO
- FAA report
- 20100115027959A
- Case key
- 75291
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, and his failure to properly execute a go-around.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
After completing a 167-mile cross country flight in dark night conditions, the pilot landed on a 5,000-foot long runway. The pilot stated that during the landing roll, the airplane encountered a gust of wind from the right, and he could not prevent the airplane from drifting to the left. He said that he applied full power and attempted a go around, but the airplane would not become airborne. The pilot said he reduced power before the airplane struck a fence on the left side. There was substantial damage to the wing, fuselage, and the landing gear, but no injuries to the four persons on-board.
Factual narrative
After completing a 167-mile cross country flight in dark night conditions, the pilot landed on a 5,000-foot long runway. The pilot stated that during the landing roll, the airplane encountered a gust of wind from the right, and he could not prevent the airplane from drifting to the left. He said that he applied full power and attempted a go around, but the airplane would not become airborne. The pilot said he reduced power before the airplane struck a fence on the left side. There was substantial damage to the wing, fuselage, and the landing gear, but no injuries to the four persons on-board.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N155SR
- Reported as
- Cirrus SR22 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1924
- Airframe hours
- 520
- Engine
- Continental IO-550N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 17, 2009
- Departed
- JWY · Midlothian, TX
- Destination
- T82 · Fredericksburg, TX
- Airport
- T82 · Gillespie County Airport, runway 32, 5,001 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 30, 2009
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 60 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 30° at 9 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- KT82
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 10, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 362 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.