- Date
- March 7, 2023, 13:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Knoxville, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N320CACirrus Design SR22T
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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
- FAA report
- 20230307001339A
- Case key
- 106851
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 pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll where a gusting and shifting crosswind prevailed.
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
The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll the airplane encountered a gusting and shifting crosswind. The airplane departed the left side of the runway and the pilot applied the brakes and reduced engine power. The airplane subsequently struck a culvert, the landing gear partially collapsed, and the airplane’s firewall was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N320CA
- Reported as
- Cirrus Design SR22T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0822
- Built
- 2014
- Engine
- Continental TSIO550K1B, 315 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Armstrong Resource Management Corp
- Registered owner
- Armstrong Resource Management Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DKX · Knoxville, TN
- Destination
- CCO · Newman, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DKX · Knoxville Downtown Island, runway 8, 3,499 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Airframe parachute, Angle of attack indicator
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
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 31, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,433 total · 1,222 in this make and model · 1,433 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- KDKX
- METAR
- KDKX 071755Z AUTO 01007KT 10SM CLR 19/03 A3012 RMK A01
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 23, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.3 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.