# NTSB CEN24LA181: Cirrus Design SR22, N815CD, Chesaning, MI, May 11, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: May 11, 2024, 14:12 local (18:12 UTC) - Place: Chesaning, MI - Coordinates: 43.181023, -84.132446 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1810&lon=-84.1324&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious, 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration: FSDO: Grand Rapids - NTSB case key (mKey): 194248 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA181 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194248/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194248 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA181 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain control while landing on a wet turf runway, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with trees. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to ensure the passenger’s proper use of seatbelts before the landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface: wet surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Ability to respond/compensate (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 141 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 933 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Passenger (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md) - [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) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 38 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/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) - [Communication (personnel): issuing instructions](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063538): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063538/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 26 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063538/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: 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) - [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: 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) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that while landing on a wet turf runway, the airplane began to skid. He initiated a go-around and then determined that he would not be able to clear the trees at the end of the runway. The pilot aborted the go-around and the airplane landed on the remaining runway, continued off the end of the runway, and impacted trees. The airplane came to rest upright on the ground in a grove of trees. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation. During the accident sequence an un-restrained passenger sustained a serious injury, and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot stated that he provided the passenger a briefing on the use of the seatbelts before the accident; however, he did not confirm the passenger was wearing the seatbelts before landing. The passenger had unfastened the seatbelt during the flight. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N815CD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N815CD), registered now, S/N 0149 (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 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (registry code 17042, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 0149 - Year built: 2002 - Airframe hours: 1754.1 - Engines: Continental IO-550 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Hot Rod Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, December 26, 2023, 130 hours before - Departed: YIP, Detroit, MI - Destination: 50G, Chesaning, MI - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: 50G, Howard Nixon Memorial Airport, runway 27, 2,800 × 150 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Airframe parachute, Auto-pilot ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 52; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review August 5, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,317.6 total, 69.6 in this make and model, 1,265 as pilot in command, 27.2 in the last 90 days, 10.2 in the last 30 days, 3.2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 310° at 11 knots, gusting 20 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 3,200 ft broken - Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 29.67 inHg - Icing: Unknown - Turbulence: Unknown - Observed at: KRNP, 11 nm away - METAR: KRNP 111815Z AUTO 31011G20KT 10SM SCT027 BKN032 OVC049 13/06 A2967 RMK AO2 T01260063 ## 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 20240511005169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240511005169A), May 11, 2024: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Chesaning, MI, Substantial damage. On may 11, 2024, at 1300 local time, a Cirrus Design Corp. SR22 aircraft, N815CD, registered to and flown by an instrument rated private pilot received… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 19, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194248. 2.7 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17143823&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CEN24LA181%20Accident%20Report%20Form_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 988 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17234140&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CEN24LA181%20Photo%20Array%20-Rel.pdf - Pilot's statement (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17532804&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Statement%20CEN24LA181-Rel.pdf - Passenger statements (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17533490&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Witness%20Statement%20CEN24LA181-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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