- Date
- March 21, 2010, 22:30 local (Mar 22, 2010, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sugar Land, TX
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N616CPCirrus Design SR22
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- FAA report
- 20100321029649A
- Case key
- 75557
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath and rate of descent during approach, resulting in a hard landing.
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
The private pilot was landing at a familiar airport at night. During the landing the pilot reported misjudging the runway landing zone and approached the runway with a steep descent. The airplane landed hard on the runway and bounced back into the air. The pilot reported that while back in the air, a crosswind pushed the airplane off of the 100-foot wide runway and the airplane touched down in the grass off of the runway. When the pilot applied power to go-around, the airplane's nosewheel dug into the soil and the airplane flipped inverted. The airplane's fuselage, empennage, and rudder received substantial damage. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with the airframe or engine prior to the accident. An examination of the airframe and engine by Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not reveal any preimpact anomalies. In addition, the pilot reported no problems with the airport facilities.
Factual narrative
The private pilot was landing at a familiar airport at night. During the landing, the pilot reported misjudging the runway landing zone and approached the runway with a steep descent. The airplane landed hard on the runway and bounced back into the air. The pilot reported that while back in the air, a crosswind drifted the airplane off of the 100-foot wide runway and the airplane touched down in the grass off of the runway. When the pilot applied power to go-around, the airplane's nose wheel dug into the soil and the airplane flipped inverted. Substantial damage was sustained to the fuselage, empennage, and rudder. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with the airframe or engine prior to the accident. An examination of the airframe and engine by Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not reveal any pre-impact anomalies. In addition, the pilot reported no problems with the airport facilities.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N616CP
- Reported as
- Cirrus Design SR22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3362
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-550-N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lot-A-Go Five LLC
- Registered owner
- Lot-A-Go Five LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KCRP · Corpus Christi, TX
- Destination
- KSGR · Sugar Land, TX
- Airport
- KSGR · Sugar Land Regional, runway 17, 8,000 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 49
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 450 in this make and model · 125 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- KSGR
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 20, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 45 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.