# NTSB ERA23LA090: Cirrus Design SR22, N416PC, San Juan, PR, December 14, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: December 14, 2022, 10:45, time zone not recorded - Place: San Juan, PR · On Airport - Coordinates: 18.4567, -66.0983 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4567&lon=-66.0983&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 106463 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA23LA090 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106463/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106463 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA090 ## Probable cause The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent runway excursion. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [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) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing: 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) ## Analysis According to the pilot, during the landing flare, the airplane “bounced” back into the air. The pilot attempted to regain control of the airplane but was unsuccessful. The airplane collided with the runway and “skidded” off the left side before coming to a stop in the grass. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane after the accident and conformed that the fuselage had been substantially damaged. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N416PC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N416PC), registered now, S/N 4329, built 2016 (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-N](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (registry code 17215, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 4329 - Year built: 2016 - Airframe hours: 716 - Engines: Continental IO-550-N 310 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Sky West Aviation Inc Trustee, doing business as Rent A Plane - Registered owner: Sky West Aviation Inc Trustee - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 9, 2022, 40 hours before - Departed: MDJB, Santo Domingo, CB - Destination: TJIG, San Juan, PR - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: SIG, Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci, runway 09, 5,539 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Unknown ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review November 1, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 222 total, 25 in this make and model, 178 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 66 °F - Altimeter: 30.03 inHg - Observed at: TJIG - METAR: METAR TJIG 141145Z 00000KT 10SM SCT045 22/19 A3003 ## 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 20221214020009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221214020009A), Dec 14, 2022: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, San Juan, PR, Substantial damage. On December 14, 2022, [privacy data omitted] departed from la isabela international airport (mdjb) in dominican republic under visual flight rules to Fernando… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 15, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106463. 3.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14902312&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120LA090_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Mfr FAA statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 129 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14903524&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20LA090%20FAA%20statement%20-Rel.pdf - Pilot's statement (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 120 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14902837&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20LA090%20Pilot%20interview-Rel.pdf - Investigative photos (item 4, PDF, 3 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14902322&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photos%20LA090-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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