# NTSB CEN21LA280: Cirrus Design SR22, N729SA, Hayward, WI, June 18, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: June 18, 2021, 12:20 local (17:20 UTC) - Place: Hayward, WI - Coordinates: 46.028601, -91.445696 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0286&lon=-91.4457&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Cirrus Aircraft, FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 103297 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN21LA280 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103297/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103297 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA280 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing with gusting wind. ## 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 · 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) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 35 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (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. - [Landing: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 32 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 40 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot completed a short cross-country flight and checked the wind conditions at the destination airport. He reported the automated weather station was out of service but received weather and runway information from an air traffic controller and airport personnel. The on-board weather information reported the wind was 10 to 12 kts at a 60°crosswind angle, so he set up for a normal landing. The pilot added that when he was about 30 to 50 ft agl, the airplane was hit with a gust of wind. He pulled back on the controls and stalled the airplane. The airplane bounced onto the runway, so the pilot elected to do a go-around. He applied throttle; however, the airplane veered left and impacted a drainage ditch. During the accident, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the right wing sustained substantial damage. About the time of the accident, the automated weather reporting station located 23 miles northwest of the accident site reported, wind from 290° at 10 kts gusting to 21 kts. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N729SA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N729SA), registered now, S/N 4890, built 2020 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP 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: 4890 - Year built: 2020 - Airframe hours: 183 - Engines: Continental IO-550 315 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 17, 2021 - Departed: LXL, Little Falls, MN - Destination: Same as departure - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: HYR, Sawyer County, runway 21, 5,002 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Data recorder, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Airframe parachute ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review June 25, 2020; seat: left; restraint: 5-point; flight hours: 418 total, 210 in this make and model, 265 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 290° at 10 knots, gusting 21 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 37 °F - Altimeter: 29.77 inHg - Observed at: KOLG, 23 nm away - METAR: KHYR 181753Z AUTO A2978 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO ## 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 20210618010279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210618010279A), Jun 18, 2021: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Hayward, WI, Substantial damage. On 6-18-2021 at 1223 CST, a Cirrus SR22 airplane, N729SA was conducting a personal flight starting from kona (winona MN.) Enroute to klxl (little falls MN.)… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 27, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103297. 6.1 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 5.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12427982&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20presentation_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 193 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12503072&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%201-Rel.pdf - Statement of party representatives to NTSB investigation (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 780 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12428446&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Cirrus%20-%20Party%20Form%20(signed)_Redacted-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. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.