- Date
- May 14, 2015, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Atlanta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N741CDCirrus Design SR22
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20150514007149A
- Case key
- 91175
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain pitch control during the landing. Contributing to this accident was the pilot's lack of experience with the airplane's performance characteristics during the approach resulting in a hard landing and runway excursion.
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 he initiated a steep descent for landing and that his final approach was high and fast. He reported the airplane made contact with the runway during the flare, and bounced during touchdown, resulting in a propeller strike and runway excursion. A post-accident examination by a Federal Aviation Administration Air Safety Inspector revealed substantial damage to the left wing. The Air Safety Inspector stated the landing gear made contact with the left wing causing the damage. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he initiated a steep descent for landing and that his final approach was high and fast. He reported the airplane made contact with the runway during the flare, and bounced during touchdown, resulting in a propeller strike and runway excursion. A post-accident examination by a Federal Aviation Administration Air Safety Inspector revealed substantial damage to the left wing. The Air Safety Inspector stated the landing gear made contact with the left wing causing the damage. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N741CD
- Reported as
- Cirrus Design SR22 (No Series)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0137
- Built
- 2001
- Airframe hours
- 1,457
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-550 N7, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- N741cd LLC
- Registered owner
- N741cd LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 24, 2014 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- TLH · Tallahassee, FL
- Destination
- PDK · Atlanta, GA
- Airport
- PDK · Dekalb-Peachtree, runway 03L, 3,746 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, Airframe parachute, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 20, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 269 total · 38 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 2.7 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.27 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 8, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.7 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.