# Accident 20020528010449A: Cirrus SR20, Angel Fire, NM, May 28, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Angel Fire, NM
- Airport: Angel Fire Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4281° N, 105.2111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4281&lon=-105.2111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N901CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N901CD-2002-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02FA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020528010449A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MAY 28, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 1630 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CIRRUS SR-20 AIRPLANE, N901CD, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN NEAR ANGEL FIRE, NEW MEXICO. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE ANGEL FIRE AIRPORT, ANGEL FIRE, NEW MEXICO AT 1627. (-23) ON MAY 28, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 MST, A CIRRUS SR20 N901CD REGISTERED TO 901CD FLYING CLUB LTD, C/O JOHN E SWANSTROM COLLIDED WITH THE MOUNTAINS APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NE OF THE AIRPORT, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT DIED AT THE SCENE. THE FLIGHT HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM ANGEL FIRE AIRPORT.

## 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 FTW02FA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA162), May 28, 2002: Cirrus Design SR-20 (N901CD), Angel Fire, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue the flight into the rising mountainous terrain, and subsequent failure to maintain clearance with the trees. Contributing factors were the rising mountainous terrain,…

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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