# NTSB ERA13CA222: Cirrus Design SR22T, N228DF, Milledgeville, GA, April 24, 2013 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: April 24, 2013, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC) - Place: Milledgeville, GA - Coordinates: 33.154167, -83.154167 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1542&lon=-83.1542&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 13, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 86776 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13CA222 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86776/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86776 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA222 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure to maintain a proper approach path for landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a runway undershoot and collision with a taxiway sign. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md) - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 17 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the flight instructor, he and the student pilot were practicing short field landings. When the airplane was about 20 feet above the ground on approach to the runway, the airspeed suddenly decreased. The student pilot applied full engine power, the airplane yawed to the left, and the airplane impacted the ground before it reached the runway. The flight instructor took the flight controls, decreased the engine power to idle, and applied the brakes; however, the airplane struck a taxiway sign that was located on the left side of the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The flight instructor reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative According to the flight instructor, he and the student pilot were practicing short field landings. On approach to runway 28, a 5,509 feet-long by 99 feet-wide runway, the airspeed suddenly decreased when the airplane was about 20 feet above the ground. The student pilot applied full engine power, the airplane yawed to the left, and then the airplane impacted the ground prior to the runway. The flight instructor took the flight controls, decreased the engine power to idle, and applied the brakes in order to stop the airplane, but it struck a taxiway sign located on the left side of the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The wind reported at the airport about the time of the accident was from 250 degrees at 3 knots. The flight instructor reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N228DF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N228DF), registered now, S/N 0282, built 2012 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22T (NO SERIES) - Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR22T](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22t) (registry code 2130004) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-550 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (registry code 17043, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 0282 - Year built: 2012 - Airframe hours: 198 - Engines: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Appendix R Solutions Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 17, 2013 - Departed: OKZ, Sandersville, GA - Destination: SAV, Savannah, GA - Airport: MLJ, Baldwin County Airport, runway 28, 5,509 × 99 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 38; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review January 4, 2012; seat: right; flight hours: 1,878 total, 390 in this make and model, 1,671 as pilot in command, 137 in the last 90 days, 61 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 51; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 198 total, 189 in this make and model, 117 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 250° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 30.12 inHg - Observed at: MLJ ## 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 20130424011879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130424011879A), Apr 24, 2013: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Milledgeville, GA, Substantial damage. On April 24, 2013 approximately 1300 local aircraft register N228DF landed short of Baldwin County airfield (kmlj) approximate 30 yards from the end of the… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 30, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86776. 4.3 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40392455&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Weather Observations (item 2, .PDF, 94 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40392392&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Observations-Master.PDF - Photo 1: Damaged Left Wing (Courtesy of FAA) (item 3, .PDF, 2.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40392393&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%3A%20Damaged%20Left%20Wing%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.