Cirrus SR20 N418DE

Summary

On 12 March 2019 at about 22:00 local time, a Cirrus SR20 registered N418DE, operated by Independence Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Akron, Colorado, United States. One person was 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 March 2019 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Akron, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Colorado Plains Rgnl (AKO)

Coordinates

40.1756, -103.2219

Aircraft

Cirrus SR20

Registration

N418DE

Category

Airplane

Year built

2018

Engines

1

Operator

Independence Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Denver → Akron

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA165

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a drainage culvert.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that, during his first solo flight in the pattern, he aborted the first landing because he was uncomfortable with the airplane's runway alignment. During the subsequent approach, the airplane was crabbed slightly to the right. He recalled that, just before the airplane touched down, he applied left rudder, and that, upon touchdown, the airplane bounced. The airplane exited the left side of the runway and collided with a drainage culvert and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the empennage. The student reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. He added that the wind at the time of the accident was calm.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.