Cirrus SR22T N1967N

Summary

On 29 March 2013 at about 15:45 local time, a Cirrus SR22T registered N1967N, operated by Hamid Abbasi, was involved in an accident near Alexandria, Minnesota, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

29 March 2013 at 15:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Alexandria, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Chandler Field, Alexandria (KAXN)

Coordinates

45.8853, -95.4303

Aircraft

Cirrus SR22T

Registration

N1967N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Hamid Abbasi

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Marv Skie → Alexandria

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13LA212

2 people had minor injuries.

The failure of maintenance personnel to install a safety wire during reinstallation of the right flap, which led to the separation of the right flap rod from the right flap actuation fitting during flap extension. Contributing to the accident were inadequate inspections of the right flap during subsequent annual, prebuy, and preflight inspections.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

About 18 months prior to the accident flight, the airplane underwent maintenance to remove and replace both the left and right flaps. While on pattern downwind, the pilot adjusted flaps from up to half, at which time the right flap rod end separated from the right flap actuation fitting. The pilot initiated a climb and struggled to maintain roll control. He briefly adjusted flaps to the up position in an attempt to alleviate the problem, and then adjusted the flaps back to half. The pilot then adjusted the flaps from half to full and the airplane began to roll right due to flap asymmetry, eventually reaching 86 degrees of right bank. The airplane began to stall and the pilot initiated the airplane’s ballistic parachute recovery system about 509 feet above ground level. Subsequently, the airplane descended to the ground with the aid of the parachute and came to rest upright on a frozen lake. A postflight examination of the right flap rod end area revealed the mounting bolt and washer were missing and lying under the airplane. No evidence of a safety wire was present on the mounting bolt or on the right flap actuation fitting. The safety wire was most likely not installed when the right flap was reinstalled and went unnoticed for over 211 hours of operation. During this time there was a subsequent annual inspection at 114 hours prior to the accident and a pre-buy inspection at 101 hours prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.