- Date
- November 22, 2011, 09:06 local (14:06 UTC)
- Place
- Brooksville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N497DACirrus Design SR20
- Defining event
- Approach: Miscellaneous/other
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20111122026819A
- Case key
- 82365
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Probable cause
The pilot's incorrect identification of the runway, which resulted in an off-airport landing and subsequent collision with objects.
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
According to the pilot, while in the vicinity of an unfamiliar airport, he used his global positioning system (GPS) to align the airplane with the runway. During the landing roll, the airplane impacted mailboxes and fences, and the pilot realized that he had landed on a residential street. The runway was about 1.5 miles to the west. According to a representative of the flight school that operated the airplane, there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane. Examination of the airplane revealed that the wings sustained substantial damage.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, while in the vicinity of an unfamiliar airport, he utilized his global positioning system (GPS) to align the airplane with the runway. During the landing roll, while impacting mailboxes and fences, the pilot realized he had landed on a residential street. The runway was about one and a one-half miles to the west. According to a representative of the flight school, the standard operating procedure required all pilots to utilize the GPS for all approaches. The representative further stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane. According to a Federal Aviation Administration inspector that responded to the accident location, the wings sustained substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N497DA
- Reported as
- Cirrus Design SR20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1843
- Airframe hours
- 3,495
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-360-ES16B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerosim Flight Academy
- Registered owner
- Aerosim Flight Academy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 18, 2011
- Departed
- SFB · Sanford, FL
- Destination
- X05 · Brooksville, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- X05 · Pilot Country Airport
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
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 16, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 153 total · 148 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.19 inHg
- Observed at
- BKV, 9 nm away
Docket · 6
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 28, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.6 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.
Other investigations on N497DA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.