- Date
- February 8, 2023, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Waukesha, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N426SJCirrus Design SF50
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20230208001249A
- Case key
- 106702
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection removal of the angle of attack vane cover.
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 pilot reported that during takeoff, he heard a noise that sounded like “gravel hitting the gear,” which continued after landing gear retraction, and prompted a return to the departure airport for a precautionary landing. He stated that while on the downwind leg, the stall warning aural alert sounded, and the stick shaker activated; the pilot used the autopilot disconnect button to regain control of the airplane. During touchdown, the airplane bounced and exited the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the lower forward fuselage. Following the accident, the pilot discovered that he had failed to remove the angle of attack vane cover. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N426SJ
- Reported as
- Cirrus Design SF50
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0148
- Built
- 2019
- Airframe hours
- 680.6
- Engine
- Williams International FJ33-5A, 1,846 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- MAG Aviation, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- UES · Waukesha County Airport, runway 28, 5,849 × 100 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Airframe parachute, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Data recorder, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 27, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 396 total · 51 in this make and model · 204 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 57 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.24 inHg
- Observed at
- KUES
- METAR
- KUES 081545Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 01/M04 A3024
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 6, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.0 MB 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.