Cirrus SR22 N877CM

Summary

On 24 June 2008 at about 15:35 local time, a Cirrus SR22 registered N877CM was involved in an accident near Laramie, Wyoming, United States. One person was 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

24 June 2008 at 15:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Nearest airport

Laramie Regional Airport (LAR)

Coordinates

41.3072, -105.6717

Aircraft

Cirrus SR22

Registration

N877CM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sioux Falls → Laramie

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX08CA189

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to attain and maintain an adequate airspeed during a go around, that resulted in a stall/mush. Contributing to the accident was the tailwind condition.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot performed a normal landing approach and said he flew over the numbers at his normal airspeed of 77 knots. The airplane floated as the pilot began the flare, and he noticed that the ground speed was very fast. He continued the flare and realized that the airplane was about 10 to 15 feet above the runway when the stall warning horn sounded. The pilot applied full power and right rudder to perform a go-around, but the airplane did not climb as expected and drifted to the left. He also added right aileron control inputs to maintain airplane control, but the airplane continued to descend, and the left wing touched the ground and hit a taxiway light. The airplane veered off the runway and impacted the ground before coming to rest upright. The winds at the time were from 220 degrees at 6 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.