# NTSB GAA19CA165: Cirrus SR20, N418DE, Akron, CO, March 12, 2019 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 12, 2019, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC) - Place: Akron, CO - Coordinates: 40.175556, -103.221946 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1756&lon=-103.2219&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 6, 2019 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 99103 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA19CA165 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99103/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99103 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA165 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a drainage culvert. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); 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) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed 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) - [Object/animal/substance: airport structure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022042): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022042/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 50 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022042/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: 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) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 22 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: 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) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot reported that, during his first solo flight in the pattern, he aborted the first landing because he was uncomfortable with the airplane's runway alignment. During the subsequent approach, the airplane was crabbed slightly to the right. He recalled that, just before the airplane touched down, he applied left rudder, and that, upon touchdown, the airplane bounced. The airplane exited the left side of the runway and collided with a drainage culvert and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the empennage. The student reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. He added that the wind at the time of the accident was calm. ## Factual narrative The student pilot reported that during his first solo flight in the pattern he aborted the first landing because he was uncomfortable with the airplane's runway alignment. During the subsequent approach, the airplane was crabbed slightly to the right. He recalled that just before the airplane touched down, he applied left rudder and the airplane bounced. The airplane exited the left side of the runway and collided with a drainage culvert and nosed over. The student reported that the wind at the time of the accident was reported as calm. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the empennage. The student pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N418DE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N418DE-2019-04-24), registration cancelled 2019-04-24, S/N 2428, built 2018 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cirrus SR20 (No Series) - Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR20](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (registry code 2130000) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-390 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-390-series) (registry code 41678, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 2428 - Year built: 2018 - Airframe hours: 456.8 - Engines: Lycoming IO-390-C3B6 215 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Independence Aviation LLC - Registered owner: Delta Echo Aviation Llc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 8, 2019 - Departed: APA, Denver, CO - Destination: AKO, Akron, CO - Airport: AKO, Colorado Plains Rgnl, runway 29, 7,001 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Airframe parachute ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 61; injuries: minor; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 65.4 total, 42.7 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 37 °F - Altimeter: 29.59 inHg - Observed at: KAKO, 1 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20190312006119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190312006119A), Mar 12, 2019: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Akron, CO, Substantial damage. During landing aircraft bounce slightly then veered to the left exiting runway into the grass; aircraft rolled into a ditch nosed over and came to rest… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 26, 2019, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99103. 4.2 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40473744&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Photo (item 2, .PDF, 1 photo, 253 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40473745&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. 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