# NTSB GAA19CA474: Cirrus SR22, N353KT, Cloquet, MN, July 30, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 30, 2019, 09:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place: Cloquet, MN
- Coordinates: 46.70111, -92.503608 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7011&lon=-92.5036&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 2, 2019
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 99977
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA19CA474
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99977/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99977
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA474

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, while landing, the airplane bounced twice on touchdown. During the second bounce, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane then impacted the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mount and firewall. 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, while landing, the airplane bounced on touchdown. During a second bounce, the nose gear collapsed, and subsequently the airplane impacted with the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mount and firewall. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The airport's automated weather observation station reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 310° at 6 knots. The pilot was landing the airplane on runway 35.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N353KT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cirrus SR22 (Undesignat)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0486
- Year built: 2003
- Airframe hours: 1804.9
- Engines: Continental IO-550-N7 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Duluth Flying Club
- Registered owner: Monaco Aviation Llc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 8, 2019
- Departed: DLH, Duluth, MN
- Destination: DLH, Duluth, MN
- Airport: COQ, Cloquet Carlton County, runway 35, 4,002 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Angle of attack indicator, Airframe parachute, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 12, 2019; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 421 total, 13 in this make and model, 421 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 3.5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.14 inHg
- Observed at: KCOQ

## 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 20190730012939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190730012939A), Jul 30, 2019: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Cloquet, MN, Substantial damage. Aircraft contacted the runway hard during the landing, bounced three times, on the second bounce the nose wheel assembly departed the aircraft, the nose gear…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 3, 2019, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99977. 1.6 MB in all.

- Pilot Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 526 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40476432&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 2, .PDF, 823 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40476433&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Operator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Damage Photos (item 3, .PDF, 2 photos, 256 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40476434&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Damage%20Photos-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. Compare the reported make and model.

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