Cirrus Design Corp. SR22 accident near Paso Robles, CA
On December 30, 2007, a Cirrus Design Corp. SR22 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Paso Robles, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- December 30, 2007
- Place
- Paso Robles, CA
- Aircraft
- Cirrus Design Corp. SR22 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.542°N, 120.523°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080114X00045
Official records · LAX08FA043
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 30, 2007, about 1140 Pacific standard time, a Cirrus SR22, N254SR, departed controlled flight and collided into the slope of a hill near Paso Robles, California. Cirrus Design Corporation (Cirrus), Duluth, Minnesota, was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The certificated flight instructor, the sole occupant, was killed. The airplane was substantially damaged. The personal flight departed San Carlos Airport, San Carlos, California, about 1030, with a planned destination of Paso Robles Municipal Airport. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge (IIC) interviewed a close friend of the pilot immediately following the accident and during the course of the investigation. He stated that the pilot was planning to visit him for the weekend, flying the airplane from his base airport to Paso Robles, as he had done many times prior. As the airplane approached the proximity of the friend's residence, the pilot called him on a cellular telephone informing him that he was about to pass by. The pilot had done this on many other occasions to let the friend know that he was about to land, as a way of notifying him that he should leave to pick him up from the airport, which was an approximate 15-minute drive. The pilot's friend further stated that he proceeded outside his residence to watch the airplane while speaking with the pilot on the telephone. He noted that the winds were from the east and estimated they
Probable cause
The pilot's encounter with isolated moderate (or greater) turbulence, updrafts, and downdrafts associated with localized mountain wave conditions at low altitude, and, his failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the encounter that resulted in an inadvertent accelerated stall. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's decision to conduct low altitude flight maneuver and the pilot's diverte
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
