NTSB Identification: ERA13CA305
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Tuesday, June 25, 2013 in Stevensville, MD
Probable Cause Approval Date: 07/23/2013
Aircraft: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22, registration: N33PV
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators used data provided by various entities, including, but not limited to, the Federal Aviation Administration and/or the operator and did not travel in support of this investigation to prepare this aircraft accident report.
The pilot/owner of the airplane stated that after a preflight inspection and before-takeoff checks revealed no anomalies, he initiated a soft-field takeoff from the turf runway. At an airspeed of 50 knots during the takeoff roll, the airplane became airborne after traveling over a “deep dip,” then settled back onto the runway. The airplane then “swerved” to the left, and the pilot attempted to correct with aileron and rudder inputs. The airplane departed the left side of the runway, and came to rest about 300 feet beyond the runway's edge. Examination of the wreckage revealed substantial damage to the left wing, empennage, and tailcone. Examination of ground scars and the tailcone revealed damage consistent with dragging of the tail section on the runway. The pilot reported there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. According to Federal Aviation Administration Publication FAA-H-8083-25A, Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge:
“The effect of torque increases in direct proportion to engine power, airspeed, and airplane attitude. If the power setting is high, the airspeed slow, and the angle of attack high, the effect of torque is greater. During takeoffs and climbs, when the effect of torque is most pronounced, the pilot must apply sufficient right rudder pressure to counteract the left-turning tendency and maintain a straight takeoff path.”
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff. Factors in the accident were the pilot's over-rotation at takeoff, and his failure to abort the takeoff prior to the runway excursion.
STEVENSVILLE -- Two people are unharmed after their plane crashed shortly after it took off from the Kentmorr Airpark in Stevensville, Tuesday afternoon. According to Maryland State Police, Antonio Ilidio Quintans, 52, of Media, Pennsylvania, was piloting a Cirrus SR22 when, for unknown reasons, the plane crashed in a field near MD Route 8 and the airpark at about 2:30 p.m. Nina M. Wolvin, 36, of Mullica Hill, New Jersey was a passenger in the plane, police said. According to police, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board also responded to the crash.
KENT ISLAND, Maryland — Sources say three people were on board when a Cirrus SR22 made a crash landing on Kent Island on Tuesday afternoon.
Captain Jeff Long reports no one was injured.
The plane came to rest at the Kentmorr Airpark, a private grass strip located a few miles south of the Bay Bridge Airport.
There appears to be damage to both wings and to the propeller.
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Two people on board a single-engine plane escaped injury after it crashed in a field on Kent Island on Tuesday afternoon, Maryland State Police said.
The crash occurred at 2:30 p.m. in the area of Route 8 south and Kentmorr Road, Sgt. Tim Riggleman with the state police's Centerville Barrack said.
The crash site is in close proximity to the Kentmorr Airpark. A person who answered the airpark's phone Tuesday afternoon confirmed that the plane had taken off from the airpark but deferred all questions to the Federal Aviation Administration.
FAA spokesman Jim Peters described the plane as a Cirrus SR22. Damage to the aircraft was unknown Tuesday afternoon.
