Cirrus Design Corporation SR20 N161KT accident near Staples, Minnesota

Probable cause

The pilot’s misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a porpoised landing.

NTSB analysis

The pilot stated that the landing approach to the hard surface runway was uneventful until the landing flare, when the airplane pitch descended below a normal flare attitude. The pilot reported that the nose landing gear “firmly” struck the runway before the main landing gear, which resulted in a bounced landing. The pilot stated that the airplane bounced a second time before he selected takeoff power and retracted the flaps to 50 percent in an attempt to abort the landing; however, the airplane did not achieve takeoff speed and subsequently departed the end of the runway and impacted a runway edge identifier light. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any preimpact failures or malfunctions that would have prevented normal operation.

Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN13LA261 for the full record.