- Date
- February 17, 2023, 18:19 local (23:19 UTC)
- Place
- Fernandina Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N740NGCirrus Design SR22
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- 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
- 20230217006789A
- Case key
- 106875
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 control of the airplane while landing in gusting crosswind conditions, with resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a runway identifier sign.
Findings · 2
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 after conducting an instrument approach, the airplane descended out of the clouds at an altitude of about 800 feet above the ground and the pilot had a clear view of the runway. The pilot described that the descent was “uneventful though blustery.” During the subsequent landing, while the airplane was slow and in a nose up pitch attitude, he encountered a sudden wind gust and the airplane subsequently struck a runway identifier sign. The airplane’s left wing and fuselage were substantially damaged during the collision. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N740NG
- Reported as
- Cirrus Design SR22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2032
- Built
- 2006
- Airframe hours
- 1,895
- Engine
- Continental IO-550N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Adroit Real Estate Holdings LLC
- Registered owner
- Adroit Real Estate Holdings LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 28, 2022
- Departed
- FFC · Peachtree CIty, GA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- FHB · Fernendina Beach, runway 22, 5,301 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, Airframe parachute, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display
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
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 4, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 446 total · 162 in this make and model · 151 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 18 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.99 inHg
- Turbulence
- Moderate
- Observed at
- KFHB
- METAR
- KFHB 172115Z AUTO 29018G25KT 10SM SCT027 BKN034 OVC042 22/19 A2999 RMK AO2
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 23, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.2 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.