Cirrus Design Corp SR22 accident near Clearwater, FL
On May 5, 2017, a Cirrus Design Corp SR22 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Clearwater, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- May 5, 2017
- Place
- Clearwater, FL
- Aircraft
- Cirrus Design Corp SR22 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 27.978°N, 82.759°W
- NTSB ID
- 20170505X11104
Official records · ERA17FA174
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Excerpt from FAA Formal ATC Package: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn May 5, 2017, about 1922 eastern daylight time, a Cirrus SR22, N271TS, impacted terrain during a go-around at the Clearwater Airpark (CLW), Clearwater, Florida. The private pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was registered to a private company and was operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the airport at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed for the personal cross-country flight that departed Marion County Airport (MAO), Mullins, South Carolina, about 1620. A review of air traffic control (ATC) communications revealed that the airplane departed from the Groton-New London Airport (GON), Groton, Connecticut, about 1103 and was destined for the Hagerstown Regional Airport - James A. Henson Field (HGR), Hagerstown, Maryland. While en route, the pilot elected to continue to MAO. At MAO, he purchased 61.6 gallons of 100LL fuel. After departing MAO, the pilot received flight following services from Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) until he was handed over to Tampa Approach. When the airplane was about 8 miles north of CLW, about 1915, Tampa Approach terminated radar services, and the pilot proceeded to CLW. There was no further ATC contact with the pilot. As the accident airplane approached runway 16 at CLW, an airline transport pilot (ATP) was entering the traffic pattern at CLW in his Grumman Tiger airplane after deciding to terminate a local flight due to approaching convective
Probable cause
The pilot's decision to attempt to land while a line of rain showers with microburst activity was crossing the airport, which resulted in a loss of control during a subsequent attempted go-around.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
