# Accident 20040910022479A: Cirrus SR22, Park Falls, WI, September 10, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Park Falls, WI
- Airport: Park Falls Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9550° N, 90.4250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9550&lon=-90.4250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1223S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1223S-2007-11-27) (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 IO550N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 168 total, 12 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04FA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA255) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040910022479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT LEFT SHEBOYGAN, WI BETWEEN 0930 AND 1030 WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF DULUTH, MN. IT IS BELIEVED THAT PIC GERALD MILLER WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FROM FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR BYRON OYSTER DURING THIS FLIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 180 AT PARK FALLS, WI WHEN AIRCRAFT CONTROL WAS LOST AND IMPACTED THE WATER APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET NORTH OF APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 180. WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF DULUTH, MN IT IS NOT KNOWN WHY THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING AT PARK FALLS. HAYWARD WEATHER REPORTED WINDS 15 GUSTING TO 18 @ 170.

## 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 CHI04FA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA255), Sep 10, 2004: Cirrus Design SR-22 (N1223S), Park Falls, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flightcrew's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with water during approach. The low altitude was a factor in the accident.

## Other reports on N1223S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20021003029899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021003029899A), Oct 3, 2002: Cirrus SR22 (N1223S), Lewisville, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On 10-03-2002, at 1440, a Cirrus-SR22, N1223S, owned by lionel brokaw morrison, [privacy data omitted] departed addison airport, (ADS) and climbed to…

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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