Cirrus SR20 N8160C
11 March 2005 · Jacksonville, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 11 March 2005 at about 00:43 local time, a Cirrus SR20 registered N8160C, operated by Kyle J. Brady, was involved in an incident near Jacksonville, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 00:43
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Craig Municipal (KCRG)
- Coordinates
- 30.3364, -81.5144
- Aircraft
- Cirrus SR20
- Registration
- N8160C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Kyle J. Brady
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fort Pierce → Jacksonville
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- MIA05IA087
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
Inadequate welding procedure by the manufacturer resulting in a poor weld of the nose landing gear and collapse of the nose landing gear during a porpoised landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot stated that while approaching to land on runway 5 at Craig Municipal Airport, he approached at a faster than normal airspeed. During the landing flare, the airplane porpoised a couple of times. On the second porpoise, the airplane touched down on the nose and the nose landing gear collapsed. The propeller struck the runway and the airplane skidded to a stop about 10 feet past sand bags, which marked the beginning of a construction zone on the runway. He stated the touch down was not any harder than the occasional hard landings made during flight training. Postincident examination of the nose landing gear showed it had separated at the point the gear is welded to the strut. The airplane's nose landing gear was sent to the NTSB Materials Laboratory in Washington DC for further inspection. Metallurgical examination of the nose gear revealed the weld between the strut tube and the spindle assembly was inadequate.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cirrus SR20 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2005 | Cirrus SR20 | Farmingdale, New Jersey, United States | Cerified Flyers II | No injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 2005 | Cirrus SR20 | Brainerd, Minnesota, United States | Robert B. Whitmore | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jan 2006 | Cirrus SR20 | Lancaster, California, United States | Gene Hudson Flight Training | Fatal | 2 |
| 18 Mar 2006 | Cirrus SR20 | Orlando, Florida, United States | Scott Roth | No injuries | - |
| 15 Sep 2006 | Cirrus SR20 | Maybell, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 19 Apr 2004 | Cirrus SR20 | Greenwood, South Carolina, United States | Aero Atlanta Flight Center | Fatal | 4 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr 2005 | Shorethose KITFOX SERIES 5 | Cresent City, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Feb 2005 | Beechcraft K35 | Leesburg, Florida, United States | Bryan Yuridel | Fatal | 2 |
| 13 Apr 2005 | Beechcraft BONANZA | South Bay, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 15 Feb 2005 | Beechcraft 35-C33 | Clearwater, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 2 Mar 2005 | Air Tractor AT-602 | Panama City, Florida, United States | Gentry's Flying Service, LLC. | No injuries | - |
| 13 Apr 2005 | Cessna 172 | Kissimmee, Florida, United States | Orlando Flight Training | No injuries | - |