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ERA22LA108

2021-12-11 · Lake City, Florida, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport LCQ

Current FAA registration · N910WM

Make / Model
CIRRUS DESIGN SR20
Year of manufacture
2013 · 8 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES (210 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20130404
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC98AB

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

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

Factual 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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Personnel issues-Experience/knowledge-Experience/qualifications-Total experience in position-Pilot
  • — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Landing flare-Not attained/maintained
  • — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Directional control-Not attained/maintained
  • — Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2021_ERA22LA108.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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