# NTSB WPR10CA054: Cirrus SR20, N702TM, Santa Barbara, CA, November 6, 2009 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: November 6, 2009, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC) - Place: Santa Barbara, CA - Coordinates: 34.426109, -119.841392 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4261&lon=-119.8414&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 23, 2010 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 75047 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR10CA054 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75047/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75047 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA054 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing and porpoise pilot induced oscillation. ## 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 · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); 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) - [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) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) ## Analysis The airplane landed hard and porpoised down the runway. On the third bounce, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane slid off the runway. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported that the approach and the landing flare were normal. He said the main landing gear touched down first, and as the airplane's nose landing gear made contact with the runway, the airplane "jerked" upward. The pilot lowered the nose, and after the airplane touched down again, it bounced upward again. When the airplane landed for a third time, the nose landing gear collapsed, causing structural damage to the composite airplane. The airplane departed the runway where it came to rest upright in the dirt. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector interviewed the pilot. The pilot stated that he did not feel anything "unusual in the flight controls or in [their] response," the weather was not a factor, and there were no other outside distractions during the landing. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N702TM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N702TM), registered now, S/N 1649, built 2006 (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: [Continental IO-360-ES](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (registry code 17160, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 1649 - Engines: Teledyne Continental Motors IO-360 200 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: N702tm LLC - Registered owner: N702tm LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: VGT, North Las Vegas, NV - Destination: SBA, Santa Barbara, CA - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: SBA, Santa Barbara Muni Airport, runway 15L, 4,178 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 51; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 31, 2009; seat: left; flight hours: 132 total, 132 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 130° at 13 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 29.95 inHg - Observed at: SBA ## 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 20091106022419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091106022419A), Nov 6, 2009: Cirrus SR20, Santa Barbara, CA, Substantial damage. Mr. Bruce familian stated that he made a normal approach for landing on runway 15L at Santa Barbara, CA. He stated that he made a normal flare and touch down… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 14, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75047. 574 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 534 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40321830&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - FAA Record of Conversation Bruce Familian (Pilot) (item 2, .PDF, 40 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40322485&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=FAA%20Record%20of%20Conversation%20Bruce%20Familian%20(Pilot)-Redacted.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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