- Date
- September 25, 2021, 13:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Tucumcari, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N216FCCirrus Design SR22
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20210925016789A
- Case key
- 103970
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a hard and bounced 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, he initiated a left downwind approach and noted gusty wind conditions while on final. The airplane landed hard and bounced twice. The pilot initiated a go-around, however he stated that he was unable to maintain altitude and the airplane likely stalled. The airplane came to rest in the adjacent grass area left of the runway and was destroyed by the post impact fire. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N216FC
- Reported as
- Cirrus Design SR22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4377
- Built
- 2016
- Airframe hours
- 367.6
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-550-N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- F C Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 2021 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- DVT · Phoenix, AZ
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TCC · Tucumcari Muni, runway 21, 7,104 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B, Airframe parachute, Auto-pilot, Data recorder, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Handheld GPS, Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device
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
- 59
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed
- Last flight review
- May 1, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 640 total · 540 in this make and model · 640 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.14 inHg
- Observed at
- KTCC
- METAR
- KTCC 251953Z AUTO 21008G16KT 10SM CLR 30/08 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP145 T03000078
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 25, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 12.4 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.