# NTSB ERA24LA224: Cirrus Design SR20, N462PW, Lagrangeville, NY, May 17, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: May 17, 2024, 10:27 local (14:27 UTC) - Place: Lagrangeville, NY - Coordinates: 41.704899, -73.736728 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7049&lon=-73.7367&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 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): 194294 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA24LA224 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194294/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194294 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA224 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing and subsequent go-around attempt. Also causal was the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action. ## 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 SR20, 47 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/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 SR20, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) - [Flight control system: tE flap control system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022750): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Incorrect use/operation; cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022750/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 74 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022750/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained; cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained; cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 17 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 36 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Approach-VFR go-around: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Approach-VFR go-around: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 39 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was receiving transition training from the flight instructor. After departure they practiced maneuvers and then flew to a different airport where the pilot performed a full-stop landing. While waiting to depart the flight instructor discussed the steps for a go-around. After departing, the pilot remained in the airport traffic pattern, and while on final approach with full flaps extended the flight instructor noted the airplane was a “little high.” The pilot rounded out high and the airplane was “really slow,” so the flight instructor called for a go-around. The pilot described that as part of that procedure, he intended to raise the flaps to 50%, but he inadvertently moved the flap selector to the fully retracted position. After immediately recognizing what he had done he repositioned the flap selector to 50%. The airplane subsequently contacted the runway, with the pilot increasing the engine power to full. The airplane then drifted off the left side of the runway and the flight instructor asked to take control while the stick shaker and stall warnings were occurring. The airplane’s right wing then impacted the ground and it slid off the runway onto grass coming to rest upright. The airplane’s structure firewall and engine mount were substantially damaged during the accident. Neither the pilot nor the flight instructor reported that there were any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N462PW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N462PW), registered now, S/N 9858, built 2024 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20 (NO SERIES) - Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR20](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (registry code 2130000) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-390-C3B6](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-390-c3b6) (registry code 42710, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 9858 - Year built: 2024 - Airframe hours: 19.8 - Engines: Lycoming IO-390-CBB6 215 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: 44N, Sky Acres, runway 17, 3,828 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Airframe parachute, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Data recorder, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, ADS-B, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 62; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, with waivers/limitations; last flight review January 29, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 358 total, 6 in this make and model, 216 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Flight instructor; age 60; injuries: none; commercial, airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 1, 2024; seat: right; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 3,275 total, 250 in this make and model, 2,775 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 310° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 29.96 inHg - Observed at: KPOU, 8 nm away - METAR: KPOU 171453Z 31007KT 10SM SCT035 19/13 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP143 T01940128 55009 ## Docket (6 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 2, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194294. 21.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 - submitted by flight instructor (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 6.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17876685&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%206120_1%20Master%20Form%20Fm%20Web%204%206%202022%20-%20signed_Recd%205%2029%202024_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 - submitted by airplane owner (item 2, PDF, 11 pages, 11.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17877253&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20REPORT%2005-27-2024%20Fm%20Plt_Owner_Recd%205%2029%202024_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Passenger statement (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 380 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17873801&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Passenger%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Record of NTSB conversations (item 4, PDF, 10 pages, 197 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17873553&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20NTSB%20Conversations-10%20Pgs_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigative photographs (item 5, PDF, 6 pages, 5 photos, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17876092&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs%20v01-Rel.pdf - Release of aircraft wreckage, NTSB form 6120.15 (item 6, PDF, 1 page, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17873168&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Fully%20Exctd%20Wreckage%20Release%20Form_Redacted-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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