Cirrus SR20 N720TX

Summary

On 6 November 2020 at about 04:33 local time, a Cirrus SR20 registered N720TX, operated by Plane Smart! Aviation, was involved in an accident near Fort Worth, Texas, 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

6 November 2020 at 04:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Fort Worth Alliance (AFW)

Coordinates

32.9853, -97.3181

Aircraft

Cirrus SR20

Registration

N720TX

Category

Airplane

Year built

2005

Engines

1

Operator

Plane Smart! Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Addison → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN21LA108

Nobody was injured.

A failure of the nose wheel landing strut for reasons that could not be determined based on available information.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Just after touchdown during landing, the airplane’s nose landing gear collapsed, which resulted in substantial damage to the engine firewall. Examination revealed that the gear strut separated near the top of the assembly. Video of the landing was not consistent with a hard landing. The airplane had experienced a hard landing about 2 months before the accident landing, after which it was inspected in accordance with the manufacturer’s hard landing checklist. The accident landing was the fourth landing since being returned to service. The nose landing gear strut assembly was not retained and provided for metallurgical examination. It could not be determined if the strut failed due to damage from the previous hard landing or another hard landing before the accident flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.