- Date
- October 21, 2010, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N495DACirrus SR20
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20101021052019A
- Case key
- 77636
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The student pilot's loss of directional control during a go-around maneuver following a bounced landing.
Findings · 1
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 student pilot reported that he was landing at the conclusion of a solo cross-country flight when the airplane bounced on the main landing gear. He added full engine power in an effort to execute a go-around and in response, the airplane rolled to the left. He applied right aileron and rudder inputs to correct the roll to no avail, the airplane continued into a grassy area off the left side of the runway. The left wing and propeller impacted the ground, and the engine separated from its mounts, resulting in substantial damage. The student pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane and data retrieved from the airplane's primary flight display also revealed no anomalies. The reported wind at the airport about the time of the accident was a crosswind at 5 knots.
Factual narrative
The student pilot reported that he was landing on runway 27 at the conclusion of a solo cross-country flight when the airplane bounced on the main landing gear. He stated that he flared more, but the airplane bounced again. He added full engine power to execute a go-around, and the airplane rolled to the left. Application of right aileron and rudder controls to correct the roll was not effective and the airplane continued into a grass area off the left side of the runway. The left wing and propeller impacted the ground, and the engine separated from its mounts, resulting in substantial damage. The student pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane and data retrieved from the airplane's primary flight display also revealed no anomalies. The reported wind at the airport about the time of the accident was from 340 degrees at 5 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N495DA
- Reported as
- Cirrus SR20 (G2)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-1841
- Airframe hours
- 2,699
- Engine
- Teledyne Continental IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerosim Flight Academy
- Registered owner
- Boston Aviation Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 2010
- Departed
- MLB · Melbourne, FL
- Destination
- SFB · Sanford, FL
- Airport
- SFB · Orlando Sanford Intl, runway 27C, 3,578 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 21
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 64 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- SFB
Docket · 7
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 26, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.2 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.