Cirrus SR22T N228DF

Summary

On 24 April 2013 at about 17:00 local time, a Cirrus SR22T registered N228DF was involved in an accident near Milledgeville, Georgia, 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

24 April 2013 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Milledgeville, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Baldwin County Airport (MLJ)

Coordinates

33.1542, -83.1542

Aircraft

Cirrus SR22T

Registration

N228DF

Category

Airplane

Year built

2012

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sandersville → Savannah

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA13CA222

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s failure to maintain a proper approach path for landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a runway undershoot and collision with a taxiway sign.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the flight instructor, he and the student pilot were practicing short field landings. When the airplane was about 20 feet above the ground on approach to the runway, the airspeed suddenly decreased. The student pilot applied full engine power, the airplane yawed to the left, and the airplane impacted the ground before it reached the runway. The flight instructor took the flight controls, decreased the engine power to idle, and applied the brakes; however, the airplane struck a taxiway sign that was located on the left side of the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The flight instructor reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.