# NTSB WPR14CA392: Cirrus SR22 - NO Series, N73TW, Elko, NV, September 25, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 25, 2014, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Elko, NV
- Coordinates: 40.949523, -115.79074 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9495&lon=-115.7907&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 December 5, 2014
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90160
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR14CA392
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90160/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90160
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA392

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll in gusty wind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.

## Findings

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

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 94 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [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 SR22, 35 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 32 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 40 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2130001), [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 SR22, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that the airplane touched down normally, but shortly thereafter the right wing lifted from a gust of wind. The pilot applied full power and full right aileron but was not able to keep the wing from lifting; the left wing tip subsequently struck the runway. The airplane then veered to the left, went off of the runway surface, and impacted the ground in a left-wing-low attitude before it came to rest upright about two feet from a cement block building. The empennage had sustained substantial damage due to impact forces. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that the airplane touched down normally, but shortly thereafter the right wing lifted from a gust of wind. The pilot applied full power and full right aileron but was not able to keep the wing from lifting; the left wing tip subsequently struck the runway. The airplane then veered to the left, went off of the runway surface, and impacted the ground in a left-wing-low attitude before it came to rest upright about two feet from a cement block building. The empennage had sustained substantial damage due to impact forces. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N73TW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73TW-2018-05-31), registration cancelled 2018-05-31, S/N 0472, built 2003 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22 - NO SERIES (NO SERIES)
- Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (registry code 2130001) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-550 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (registry code 17042, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0472
- Year built: 2003
- Airframe hours: 1998
- Engines: Continental IO-550 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Scott Stewart
- Registered owner: Scott Stewart
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 2014, 112 hours before
- Departed: AVQ, Marana, AZ
- Destination: EKO, Elko, NV
- Airport: EKO, Elko Regional Airport, runway 12, 2,871 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Auto-pilot, Airframe parachute, ADS-B, Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review November 24, 2012; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 8,800 total, 1,995 in this make and model, 8,700 as pilot in command, 37 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 21 knots, gusting 32
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.94 inHg
- Observed at: EKO, 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 20140925016389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140925016389A), Sep 25, 2014: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Elko, NV, Destroyed. The flight departed from kavq, marana, AZ at 09:10 local with one occupant. The flight path was payson then the tuckup corridor through the grand canyon then…

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 21, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90160. 4.0 MB in all.

- Pilot-Operator Aircraft Accident Report form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419310&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot-Operator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report%20form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Weather Data (item 2, .PDF, 267 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419311&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Data-Master.PDF
- Photo 1 – Airplane at rest (Courtesy of FAA, Reno FDSO) (item 3, .PDF, 39 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419312&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20%E2%80%93%20Airplane%20at%20rest%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA,%20Reno%20FDSO)-Master.PDF
- Photo 2 – Airplane at rest (Courtesy of FAA, Reno FSDO) (item 4, .PDF, 36 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419313&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202%20%E2%80%93%20Airplane%20at%20rest%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA,%20Reno%20FSDO)-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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