Cirrus SR-22 N8150F

Summary

On 2 April 2005 at about 17:20 local time, a Cirrus SR-22 registered N8150F, operated by Stuart Sybesma, was involved in an accident near Atkinson, Nebraska, 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

2 April 2005 at 17:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Atkinson, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

42.5625, -99.0378

Aircraft

Cirrus SR-22

Registration

N8150F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Stuart Sybesma

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sioux Center → Atkinson

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI05CA085

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to compensate for the wind condition which resulted in a loss of aircraft control while landing. A factor associated with the accident was the gusty crosswind condition that existed at the time of the accident.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane collided with the terrain following a loss of control while landing. The landing was being made on runway 11 (4,040 foot by 50 foot, dry asphalt). The closest weather reporting station, located 20 miles east-southeast of the accident airport, reported the wind as being from 170 degrees at 18 knots gusting to 26 knots. The pilot stated that during the lanidng approach, he was able to maintain the runway heading using full left rudder until a gust of wind moved the airplane left of the runway centerline. He stated he applied power, but the left wing contacted the sandy terrain about 10 feet off the left side of the runway. The pilot stated the nose of the airplane then contacted the ground and the airplane came to rest approximately 300 feet from the initial ground contact. Post accident inspection revealed the initial impact with the terrain was approximately 400 feet from the approach end of runway 11and 20 feet from the left edge of the runway. He stated the airplane came to rest 940 feet from the approach end of runway 11 and 83 feet from the left edge of the runway. The maximum demonstrated crosswind component for the SR-22 is 20 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.