- Date
- April 20, 2026, 19:55 local (Apr 21, 2026, 00:55 UTC)
- Place
- Sherman, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N269JJCirrus Design SR20
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-FSDO
- Case key
- 202860
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during recovery from a bounced landing.
Findings · 2
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 landing the airplane suddenly dropped just prior to the landing flare with engine power at idle and bounced. The pilot immediately applied full engine power, and the airplane veered left. The airplane impacted terrain on the left side of the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to both wings and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N269JJ
- Reported as
- Cirrus Design SR20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2487
- Built
- 2019
- Airframe hours
- 1,814
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-390-C3B6, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 2025
- Departed
- F00 · Bonham, TX
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- GYI · North Texas Regional Airport, runway 18L, 9,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Airframe parachute, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Data recorder, Auto-pilot
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
- 46
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 206 total · 95 in this make and model · 152 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- KGYI
- METAR
- METAR KGYI 210055Z AUTO 17005KT 5SM HZ CLR 17/08 A3020 RMK AO2 T01710078 $=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 15, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.4 MB in all.