# Accident 20050206002509A: Cirrus SR22, Norden, CA, February 6, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2005, 18:20 local time
- Place: Norden, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2839° N, 120.3333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2839&lon=-120.3333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N286CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N286CD-2008-04-30) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 473 total, 69 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050206002509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 6, 2005, APPROXIMATELY 1820 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION SR22, N286CD ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDITIONS AND THE PILOT REPORTED TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL HE WAS "COMING DOWN". INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), INCLUDING ICING CONDITIONS THAT WERE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE PILOT WEATHER BRIEFING, PREVAILED AT THE CRUISE ALTITUDE AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THE PILOT HELD A VALID INSTRUMENT RATING AND PILOT LOGBOOK ENTRIES INDICATED APPROPRIATE CURRENCY FOR IMC OPERATIONS, INCLUDING TRAINING FOR INADVERTENT ICING CONDITIONS. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT LOGGED A TOTAL OF 75.1 HOURS OF INSTRUMENT TIME, WITH 11.9 HOURS IN ACTUAL INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS.

## 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 LAX05FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA088), Feb 7, 2005: Cirrus Design SR22 G2 (N286CD), Norden, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's in-flight loss of control following an inadvertent encounter with unforecast severe icing conditions. A factor in the accident was the inaccurate icing forecast developed by the NWS…

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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