Cirrus SR-22 N579AL

Summary

On 12 September 2004 at about 00:40 local time, a Cirrus SR-22 registered N579AL was involved in an accident near Oxford, Connecticut, United States. 4 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

12 September 2004 at 00:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Oxford, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Waterbury-Oxford (OXC)

Coordinates

41.4786, -73.1353

Aircraft

Cirrus SR-22

Registration

N579AL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Morristown → Oxford

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

NYC04LA209

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the landing, the airplane touched down to the left of the runway centerline, and bounced once before it departed the left side of the runway. The pilot then decided to abort the landing, but did not retract the flaps from the landing position. As the airplane accelerated, the pilot felt that it was not climbing as he expected it should, so he aborted the go-around attempt. The airplane touched down again on the grass, and subsequently struck a parked vehicle during the landing roll out. When asked how the accident could have been prevented, the pilot stated, "The go around procedure probably should not have been executed. Although the plane slid left, cutting the power would have probably resulted in [the airplane] resting in the grass."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.