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| Date: | Saturday 11 May 2024 |
| Time: | 14:12 |
| Type: |  Cirrus SR22 |
| Owner/operator: | Registration Pending |
| Registration: | N815CD |
| MSN: | 0149 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Howard Nixon Memorial Airport (50G), Chesaning, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Detroit-Willow Run Airport, MI (YIP/KYIP) |
| Howard Nixon Memorial Airport, MI (50G) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that while landing on a wet turf runway, the airplane began to skid. He initiated a go-around and then determined that he would not be able to clear the trees at the end of the runway. The pilot aborted the go-around and the airplane landed on the remaining runway, continued off the end of the runway, and impacted trees. The airplane came to rest upright on the ground in a grove of trees. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.
During the accident sequence an un-restrained passenger sustained a serious injury, and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot stated that he provided the passenger a briefing on the use of the seatbelts before the accident; however, he did not confirm the passenger was wearing the seatbelts before landing. The passenger had unfastened the seatbelt during the flight.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control while landing on a wet turf runway, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with trees. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to ensure the passenger’s proper use of seatbelts before the landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.wsgw.com/plane-crashes-in-saginaw-county/
https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2024/05/crews-responding-to-saginaw-plane-crash.html
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194248
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N815CD
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N815CD/history/20240511/1725Z/KYIP/50G
https://dsgiipnwy1jd8.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJ0YXAtYXNzZXRzMSIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzAwLCJmaXQiOiJjb250YWluIiwiYmFja2dyb3VuZCI6eyJhbHBoYSI6MSwiciI6MjU1LCJiIjoyNTUsImciOjI1NX19LCJzbWFydE92ZXJsYXkiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoidGFwLWFzc2V0czEiLCJrZXkiOiJ3YXRlcm1hcmsucG5nIn19LCJrZXkiOiIxMDcwMjE1LmpwZyJ9 (photo)
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2024 22:55 | Geno | Added |
| 14-May-2024 05:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, Category, ] |
| 14-May-2024 16:43 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-May-2024 07:26 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 22-Sep-2024 18:53 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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