- Date
- November 23, 2018, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82SNCirrus SR22
- Defining event
- Landing: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20181123022829A
- Case key
- 98758
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare with a gusting, right quartering headwind, which resulted in a hard landing.
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 a night landing, he flared too high, and the airplane descended and landed hard. The airplane exited the runway, but the pilot was able to maneuver the airplane back onto the runway without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left-wing rib. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, during a night landing, he flared too high and the airplane descended and landed hard. The airplane exited the runway, but the pilot was able to control the airplane back on the runway without further incident. According to the FAA, airplane sustained substantial damage to the left-wing rib. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation station located on the airport reported that, about 20 minutes after the accident, the wind was 050° at 14 knots, gusting up to 19 knots, with light rain. The airplane landed on runway 01.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82SN
- Reported as
- Cirrus SR22 (T)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0859
- Built
- 2014
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-550-K, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Scs Aero Llc
- Registered owner
- Scs Aero Llc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ANQ · Angola, IN
- Destination
- GMU · Greenville, SC
- Airport
- GMU · Greenville Downtown, runway 01, 5,393 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Handheld GPS, Stall warning system, Airframe parachute, ADS-B
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
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 22, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,003 total · 180 in this make and model · 944 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 50° at 14 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.23 inHg
- Observed at
- KGMU
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 30, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.1 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.