# Accident 20010410008969A: Cirrus SR20, Sierra Vista, AZ, April 10, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2001
- Place: Sierra Vista, AZ
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 31.7592° N, 110.4194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7592&lon=-110.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N116CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N116CD-2001-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR20
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010410008969A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) MR. KOEHLER, WHILE ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF A SR-200, N116CD, WAS ENROUTE TO MILWAUKEE, WIS. FROM TUCSON AZ.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TUCSON AIRPORT AT 1130MST ON APRIL 10, 2001.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING TUS AIRSPACE.  CRASH SIGHT WAS NOT LOCATED UNTIL APRIL 14, 2001, THERE WAS A POST CRASH BURNING AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX01FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA145), Apr 11, 2001: Cirrus Design SR20 (N116CD), Sierra Vista, AZ, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate weather evaluation and attempted VFR flight into IMC, which resulted in an in-flight collision with mountainous terrain. Factors in the accident included the adverse weather…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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