Cirrus SR-22 N221GW

Summary

On 28 January 2007 at about 18:15 local time, a Cirrus SR-22 registered N221GW was involved in an accident near Siler City, North Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 January 2007 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Siler City, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cirrus SR-22

Registration

N221GW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Raleigh → Siler City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL07CA035

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to perform an aborted landing which resulted in an inflight collision with the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he was simulating an engine out approach and "after crossing the airport boundary, the aircraft seemed to enter into a higher sink rate and slight power was added. A left turn to align with runway 22 was steeper than planned and the left wing lost lift striking the runway." The airplane then hit a taxiway embankment of about 2 to 3 feet high. The airplane bounced over the embankment and continued into a swallow drainage ditch filled with large drainage rock. The pilot recommended he should "plan training maneuvers more thoroughly, anticipate aircraft performance in all configurations [and] terminate the maneuver as quickly as possible if events warrant, do not try to 'Salvage' a maneuver."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.