# NTSB CEN22LA437: Cirrus Design SR20, N93PF, San Antonio, TX, September 28, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: September 28, 2022, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Coordinates: 29.723219, -98.694557 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7232&lon=-98.6946&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: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106018
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA437
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106018/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106018
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA437

## Probable cause

The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [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 SR20, 17 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

While performing a landing to the runway, the student pilot lost control of the airplane, departed the runway, and collided with a glider and a hangar. The airplane sustained substantial damage to fuselage, empennage, and both wings. The student pilot reported that he did not initiate the go around in time. The student pilot did not return the National Transportation Safety Board Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report Form 6120.1.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N93PF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93PF), registered now, S/N 2502, built 2019 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- 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: 2502
- Year built: 2019
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-390-C3B6 215 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Blue Sky Aviation Management LLC
- Registered owner: Blue Sky Aviation Management LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: 5C1, Boerne Stage Fld, runway 17, 5,006 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; student; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.22 inHg
- Observed at: K5C1
- METAR: METAR K5C1 282055Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM CLR 30/02 A3022 RMK AO1

## 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 20220928016342A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220928016342A), Sep 28, 2022: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Boerne, TX, Destroyed. 09/28/2022, Student pilot performing a landing in[privacy data omitted] at 5C1. Landing runway 17, winds reported at 170 at 5 KTS. Pilot stated upon landing…

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 8, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106018. 1.9 MB in all.

- Record of conversation (item 1, PDF, 1 page, 64 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15952771&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ROC%20Duty%20Officer-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 2 photos, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15966643&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos%202-Rel.pdf
- Record of conversation FAA inspector (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16027284&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ROC%20FAA-Rel.pdf
- NTSB form 6120 not returned (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16028566&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20not%20returned-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.

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