# Accident 20031227036419A: Cirrus SR22, Westfield, NC, December 27, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2003, 15:42 local time
- Place: Westfield, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4806° N, 80.5972° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4806&lon=-80.5972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N742CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N742CD-2007-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 436 total, 130 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031227036419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT ON A CLEAR CALM DAY. SIGHTSEEING WAS BEING CONDUCTED ACCORDING TO PILOT STATEMENT. WITNESS STATEMENTS DESCRIBE THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PATH AS EXTREMELY LOW, FROM TREE TOPS TO 20 TO 30 FEET ABOVE, IN LEVEL FLIGHT WITH LOW STEADY ENGINE POWER (IDLE). AIRCRAFT INITIATED A TURN DIRECTLY OVER A EYEWITNESS'S HOME 1/10 MILE OF A MILE FROM THE ACCIDENT SCENE AND WITHIN SECONDS CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A POWER LINE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND TUMBLING AT LEAST ONCE END FOR END BEFORE COMING TO REST ON TOP OF SEVERAL LARGE ROUND HAY BALES. THE ENGINE AND VARIOUS COMPONENTS WERE SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE BUT IN A DIRECT LINE FROM THE POWER LINE STRIKE TO THE CRASH SITE. FUEL WAS OBSERVED BY EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS RUNNING FROM THE RUPTURED WINGS. ON SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED CONTROL SURFACE CONTINUITY, AND SWITCH/CONTROL POSITION CONSISTENT WITH FLIGHT. THE ONBOARD BALLISTIC PARACHUTE SYSTEM HAD NOT BEEN DEPLOYED. FOLLOWUP AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATION VERIFIED CONTROL SURFACE CONTINUITY, FUEL SYSTEM AND ENGINE CONTROLS FUNCTION ALL NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS RUN FROM IDLE TO FULL POWER WITHOUT ANOMALY WHEN SET UP ON TEST STAND.

## 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 ATL04LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA060), Dec 27, 2003: Cirrus Design SR22 (N742CD), King, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons and the pilot's failure to maintain a visual lookout and obstacle clearance while performing a simulated engine out resulting in an in-flight-collision…

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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