# Accident 20050630018809A: Cirrus SR22, Haverstraw, NY, June 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2005, 16:40 local time
- Place: Haverstraw, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2000° N, 73.9617° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2000&lon=-73.9617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3452L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3452L-2007-11-13) (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: 1,562 total, 1,323 in this make and model, 154 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05LA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050630018809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN BLACKED OUT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AND ENTERED AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT. AIRMAN REALIZED HE WAS DISORIENTED AND DEPLOYED THE BALLISTIC RECOVERY PARACHUTE SYSTEM. AIRCRAFT THEN DRIFTED DOWN TO A WATER LANDING IN A WATER BASIN AT BOWLINE POINTE PARK ADJACENT TO THE HUDSON RIVER IN HAVRESTRAW, NEW YORK. SUBSEQUENT MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS, THE AIRMAN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MENINGIOMA OF THE BRAIN (TUMOR), WHICH HE WAS UNAWARE OF AND MAY HAVE CAUSED THE MOMENTARY SEIZURE AND BLACKOUT. AIRMAN WAS SENT A RE-EXAMINATION LETTER BY THE REGIONAL FLIGHT SURGEON, EASTERN REGION. TO RULE OUT CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING, THE HEATER MUFF ASSEMBLY WAS RETRIEVED AND PRESSURE TESTED ON 07/05/2005 AND DETERMINED TO HAVE NO LEAKAGE.

## 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 NYC05LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05LA110), Jun 30, 2005: Cirrus Design SR-22 (N3452L), Haverstraw, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's physiological condition, which resulted in his incapacitation during the flight, and subsequent loss of aircraft control.

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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