# NTSB CEN21LA051: Cirrus SR22, N418DE, Denver, CO, November 6, 2020 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: November 6, 2020, 15:11 local (22:11 UTC) - Place: Denver, CO - Coordinates: 39.57, -104.849 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5700&lon=-104.8490&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Flight Standards District Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 102265 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN21LA051 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102265/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=102265 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA051 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing with a gusting crosswind and his failure to go around and relinquish control of the airplane when directed by the instructor pilot. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: understanding/comprehension](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041515): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041515/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 70 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041515/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [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 SR20, 47 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 36 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Landing: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 39 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The flight instructor reported that he and student pilot were landing at their home airport following a training flight. During the planned full stop landing with a gusting crosswind, the student pilot flared high, and the airplane drifted left of runway centerline. The flight instructor called for a go-around and subsequently attempted to take control of the airplane, but the student pilot did not understand the flight instructor’s verbal commands resulting in the two pilots “fighting” over the flight controls. The airplane subsequently impacted terrain to the left of the runway and subsequently slid across a taxiway coming to rest between the taxiway and the parking apron. The airplane’s left wing and firewall sustained substantial damage. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector who examined the airplane reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the student pilot was landing the airplane on runway 17L with wind 230o at 10 to 15 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N418DE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N418DE), registered now, S/N 2498, built 2019 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22 - Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR20](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (registry code 2130000) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-390-C3B6](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-390-c3b6) (registry code 42710, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 2498 - Year built: 2019 - Airframe hours: 348 - Engines: Lycoming IO390 215 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Independence Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 6, 2020, 2 hours before - Departed: CFO, Front Range, CO - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: KAPA, Centennial Airport, runway 17L, 10,001 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Airframe parachute, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Data recorder ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 52; injuries: none; commercial, flight engineer; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 4, 2020; seat: right; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 843 total, 311 in this make and model, 746 as pilot in command, 199 in the last 90 days, 63 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 43; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 230° at 10 knots, gusting 15 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 9,000 ft broken - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 21 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: KAPA - METAR: KAPA 062153Z 23010KT 10SM SCT130 BKN220 22/M09 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP062 T02221094 ## 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 20201106015929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201106015929A), Nov 6, 2020: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Englewood, CO, Substantial damage. Student and CFI performing crosswind landing on runway 17L at kapa airport, student on the controls. Aircraft did not appear well positioned for landing and… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 18, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=102265. 2.5 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 2.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11705078&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Record of FAA examination and damage determination (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 105 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11704711&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20FAA%20Examination%20and%20Damage%20Determination-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. 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