Cirrus SR20 N910WM

Summary

On 11 December 2021 at about 17:07 local time, a Cirrus SR20 registered N910WM was involved in an accident near Lake City, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and one 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

11 December 2021 at 17:07

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake City, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Lake City Gateway (LCQ)

Coordinates

30.1821, -82.5769

Aircraft

Cirrus SR20

Registration

N910WM

Category

Airplane

Year built

2013

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Jacksonville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA22LA108

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot’s loss of control during the landing flare, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the accident flight was his first time flying the airplane from the right seat. During the landing flare, the airplane floated, and he recalled that he “was not able to think through how to fly the airplane with [his] right hand fast enough and the nose wheel hit the runway and [the airplane] started to porpoise.” The airplane then drifted, and he attempted to land in the grass on the side of the runway. The nosewheel struck a swale and fractured, which resulted in substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.