Cirrus Design Corp SR22 accident near Kill Devil Hills, NC
On September 28, 2024, a Cirrus Design Corp SR22 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Kill Devil Hills, NC. 5 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 28, 2024
- Place
- Kill Devil Hills, NC
- Aircraft
- Cirrus Design Corp SR22 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 36.015°N, 75.671°W
- NTSB ID
- 20240928195219
Official records · ERA24FA397
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Ctaf Audio File: Audio recording (MP3), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
On September 28, 2024, at 1718 eastern daylight time, a Cirrus Design Corp SR22, N1281F, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. The private pilot and four passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot departed from Moore County Airport (SOP), Carthage, North Carolina, on a multileg flight with stops in Ocracoke Island Airport (W95) and Dare County Regional Airport (MQI) before continuing to First Flight Airport (FFA), Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. The accident flight departed from MQI at 1710 and was airborne for 8 minutes prior to the accident. Preliminary Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) showed that after departing MQI, the pilot flew to FFA and entered the left traffic pattern for runway 21. The published airport traffic pattern for runway 21 was a right-hand pattern. The pilot descended and flew above the runway. He then climbed to traffic pattern altitude and rejoined the traffic pattern using left turns. The pilot approached runway 21 a second time, and according to witnesses, was high and fast during the approach. As the airplane passed the midway point of the runway, it made a steep left turn and impacted the top of 50-foot-tall trees (see figure 1). The airplane subsequently impacted additional trees before coming to rest 300 ft east of the runway in heavily wooded terrain, where a significant postimpact fire ensued. Figure 1- Preliminary ADS-B dat
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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.
