Cirrus Design Corp SR22T accident near Fairland, IN
On November 22, 2023, a Cirrus Design Corp SR22T (airplane) was involved in an accident near Fairland, IN. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 22, 2023
- Place
- Fairland, IN
- Aircraft
- Cirrus Design Corp SR22T · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.614°N, 85.848°W
- NTSB ID
- 20231123193418
Official records · CEN24FA045
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn November 22, 2023, at 1646 eastern standard time, a Cirrus SR22T, N17DT, was involved in an accident near Fairland, Indiana. The airplane was destroyed. The flight instructor and private pilot were fatally injured. The airplane was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 as an instructional flight. The owner of an aircraft sales and acquisition company stated that he provided services for the pilot to purchase the airplane. On November 13, 2023, the purchase transaction was closed while the airplane was at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), Greenville, South Carolina. The pilot hired the flight instructor to move the airplane from GMU to Monroe County Airport (BMG), Bloomington, Indiana, on November 19, 2023. The pilot had planned on flying with the flight instructor on November 20, 21, and 22, 2023, to meet insurance requirements and to allow the pilot to be comfortable flying the airplane. Flight track data showed the airplane departed from Monroe County Airport Bloomington, Indiana, at 1605 and flew to Shelbyville Municipal Airport (GEZ) Shelbyville, Indiana (figure 1). Figure 1 – Overhead Flight Track of the Accident Flight About 1634, the airplane arrived near GEZ where several overhead flight tracks were recorded. Figure 2 shows two track segments parallel to and over runway 1 with minimum altitudes near that of the runway elevation, about 800 ft mean sea level (msl). One of the two tracks ends near the accident site. There were no reports received by witnesses who saw the airplane’s takeoffs and landings or any radio tran
Probable cause
Both pilots’ failure to maintain adequate airspeed during departure from the airport, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack, entering an aerodynamic stall, and impacting terrain.
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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.
