Cirrus Design Corp SR20 accident near Lake Wales, FL
On July 22, 2015, a Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lake Wales, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 22, 2015
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL
- Aircraft
- Cirrus Design Corp SR20 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 27.892°N, 81.612°W
- NTSB ID
- 20150722X35237
Official records · ERA15FA277
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Air Traffic Control Voice Summary: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn July 22, 2015, about 1044 eastern daylight time, a Cirrus SR20, N610DA, was destroyed when it impacted terrain during a go-around at Lake Wales Municipal Airport (X07), Lake Wales, Florida. The flight instructor was seriously injured, and the private pilot receiving instruction was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the flight from the Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB), Sanford, Florida to Page Field Airport (FMY), Fort Myers, Florida. The airplane was operated by Aerosim Flight Academy. The instructional flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to the flight instructor, he and the private pilot were in cruise flight at 5,000 feet mean sea level (msl), when air traffic control (ATC) changed their next enroute waypoint due to traffic. As the flight instructor was demonstrating how to change the route in the GPS, they noticed a "puff" of black smoke appear from under the legs of the student pilot. The smoke dissipated quickly and seconds later, the oil pressure light came on with an alarm. The flight instructor took over the flight controls and declared an emergency before diverting to X07. He maintained an altitude of 4,000 feet msl until he had the airport in sight. He made one call on the airport's common traffic advisory frequency reporting "short final for runway 17." The flight instructor said he was, "too high and going too fast to make the runway." He side-slipped the airplane, but could not get it
Probable cause
A partial loss of engine power due to oil starvation. Contributing was the flight instructor's failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborted emergency landing, and his delayed decision to deploy the airplane's parachute system.
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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.
