Cirrus SR20 N702TM
6 November 2009 · Santa Barbara, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 6 November 2009 at about 21:00 local time, a Cirrus SR20 registered N702TM, operated by N702TM LLC, was involved in an accident near Santa Barbara, California, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 21:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Santa Barbara, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Santa Barbara Muni Airport (SBA)
- Coordinates
- 34.4261, -119.8414
- Aircraft
- Cirrus SR20
- Registration
- N702TM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- N702TM LLC
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- North Las Vegas → Santa Barbara
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR10CA054
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing and porpoise pilot induced oscillation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2009 | Cirrus SR20 | Oberbarnim, Germany | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 31 Jan 2009 | Cirrus SR20 | Menomonie, Wisconsin, United States | Laurence A. Berg | Fatal | 3 |
| 17 Feb 2009 | Cirrus SR20 | Deltona, Florida, United States | Delta Connection Academy | Fatal | 2 |
| 28 May 2010 | Cirrus SR20 | Sirdal, Norway | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Oct 2010 | Cirrus SR20 | Sanford, Florida, United States | Aerosim Flight Academy | Minor injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2009 | Cessna 172P | Livermore, California, United States | Wollard Aviation Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 10 Dec 2009 | Piper PA-38-112 | Ojai, California, United States | Aviation Pacific Inc | Fatal | 2 |
| 28 Feb 2009 | Piper PA-28R-200 | Fallbrook, California, United States | M.Y. Air Corp | No injuries | - |
| 28 Feb 2009 | Mooney M20E | Rio Linda, California, United States | David Michaud | Fatal | 2 |
| 29 Nov 2009 | Curtiss-Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 | Torrance, California, United States | Smith Richard Charles | No injuries | - |
| 23 Aug 2009 | Piper PA-24-260 | Santa Barbara, California, United States | Kris S Michel | No injuries | - |