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| Date: | Friday 19 April 2024 |
| Time: | 11:23 |
| Type: |  Cirrus SR22T GTS G6 platinum |
| Owner/operator: | Meeks Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N51FM |
| MSN: | 2156 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2020 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Paso Robles Municipal Airport (PRB/KPRB), Paso Robles, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Big Bear Airport, CA (L35) |
| Paso Robles Airport, CA (PRB/KPRB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot receiving instruction reported that while on short final approach, he recognized that he was aligned with the wrong runway. The flight instructor took control of the aircraft and banked hard to the right in an attempt to land on the runway which they were cleared to land. Almost immediately the stall warning sounded, the flight instructor applied throttle and attempted to level the aircraft. The landing gear contacted the runway, the airplane continued across the runway into a field and came to rest inverted. The pilot receiving instruction sustained serious injury and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during landing which resulted in a loss of directional control and runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot receiving instructions failure to maintain runway alignment.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://pasoroblesdailynews.com/emergency-crews-rescue-three-people-from-flipped-aircraft-in-paso-robles/191065/
https://kmph.com/news/local/3-people-trapped-under-flipped-plane-rescued-at-paso-robles-airport
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article287859240.html
https://mclarens-mediacloud.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/2024/06/N51FM_Salvage-Tender.pdf
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194129
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=51FM
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N51FM/history/20240419/1721Z/KVCV/KPRB
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/39248_1601767115.jpg (photo)
Location
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2024 01:35 | Geno | Added |
| 21-Apr-2024 06:00 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 21-Apr-2024 06:00 | ASN | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 21-Apr-2024 07:53 | RobertMB | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 21-Apr-2024 16:27 | johnwg | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 22-Apr-2024 13:09 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Apr-2024 17:20 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 23-Apr-2024 17:58 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative, Category, ] |
| 24-Apr-2024 23:07 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 01-May-2024 16:26 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Source, Category, Accident report, ] |
| 09-Sep-2024 07:22 | b0bd | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Mar-2025 21:42 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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