N78RC is a 2002 Cirrus Design SR20. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 4 seats, powered by a Cont Motor IO-360 SER rated at 300 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Sun Prairie, WI. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Sep 2002. It has been registered to its current owner since Apr 2024. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
- 24 years old
- 1 of 1,646 Cirrus Design SR20
2024
2002
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The student pilot was attempting a short field landing. While on final approach he slowed to just above 70 knots. Just after this, the instructor noticed the pitch attitude increase and the airspeed decrease so he called out, “go around, go, go!” and attempted to help advance the throttle but the student was already doing it. The airplane landed just beyond the runway numbers and then became airborne again. The student and instructor completed the traffic pattern and landed uneventfully. The flight instructor examined the main landing gear and did not find any damage present, so they returned to their home base whereupon the flight instructor found substantial damage to the structure for the vertical stabilizer. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions of failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
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About the Cirrus Design SR20
About the modelA four-seat composite low-wing single with fixed gear, a side-stick, and a whole-airframe emergency parachute. The smaller sibling of the SR22.