# Accident 20060915030799A: Cirrus SR20, Maybell, CO, September 15, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2006, 13:40 local time
- Place: Maybell, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9844° N, 108.8000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9844&lon=-108.8000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N787SL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N787SL-2007-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR20
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060915030799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FOR THE LAST TWELVE MINUTES OF FLIGHT BEFORE IMPACT WITH TERRAIN, AIRCRAFT CONTINUALLY LOST ALTITUDE AFTER PILOT NOTIFIED ATC "THAT AIRCRAFT PICKED UP A LITTLE ICE" AT 13,800 FEET OF ALTITUDE. AT 11,800 FEET OF ALTITUDE, PILOT REPORTED "AIRCRAFT HAD A SERIOUS ICE ISSUE." ACCORDING TO THE REPORTED RADAR DATA AND VOICE COMMUNICATIONS, AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE ASSIGNED LOWER ALTITUDES THAT PILOT REQUESTED. THE AIRCRAFT'S LAST RADAR CONTACT WAS AT 7,800 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN AT 7,100 FEET ELEVATION. THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS LOCATED NEAR THE COLORADO/WYOMING BORDER ADJACENT TO WYOMING STATE HIGHWAY 430, APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAYBELL, CO. THE AIRCRAFT'S DEBRIS PATH EXTENDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM COLORADO INTO WYOMING. A WITNESS IN THE AREA OBSERVED THE FUSELAGE BEING DRUG BY THE DEPLOYED AIRCRAFT BALLISTIC RECOVERY PARACHUTE CREATING A NARROW, BUT LENGTHY DEBRIS FIELD.

## 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 DEN06FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA131), Sep 15, 2006: Cirrus Design SR20 (N787SL), Maybell, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper in-flight planning and decision making resulting in an inadvertent encounter with severe icing conditions during cruise 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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