Cirrus Design Corp SR22 accident near Hemphill, TX
On April 22, 2008, a Cirrus Design Corp SR22 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hemphill, TX. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 22, 2008
- Place
- Hemphill, TX
- Aircraft
- Cirrus Design Corp SR22 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 31.300°N, 93.678°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080502X00582
Official records · DFW08FA111
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Radio Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 22, 2008, about 1550 central daylight time, a single-engine Cirrus Design SR22 airplane, N729SR, was destroyed when it impacted water following a loss of control near Hemphill, Texas. The private pilot and the two passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by McAir LLC, of West Memphis, Arkansas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The 427-nautical mile cross-country flight originated from the Tupelo Regional Airport (TUP), Tupelo, Mississippi, at 1346 and was destined for the David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH), in Houston, Texas. According to an employee at TUP, the pilot arrived on April 19, 2008 and had the airplane topped off with fuel and stored in a hangar. On the day of the accident, the pilot arrived around 1300 and had the airplane pulled out. The pilot then "sumped" the airplane's fuel tanks and did a "walk around" prior to boarding the airplane along with his two passengers. The employee last observed the airplane flying south over the airport. While the autopilot equipped airplane was in cruise flight near Monroe, Louisiana, air traffic control attempted to contact the pilot with a frequency change; however, the pilot did not respond. Repeated attempts to contact the pilot were unsuccessful as the airplane continued flying a straight course, while at 10,000 feet, towards DWH. At 1549 the airplane made a rapid descending right turn before radar contact was lost in the a
Probable cause
A loss of control for undetermined reasons.
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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.
