# Accident 20061025030429A: Cirrus SR22, NV, October 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2006, 13:00 local time
- Place: NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3050° N, 113.7314° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3050&lon=-113.7314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121LD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N121LD-2009-04-13) (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 IO550N
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061025030429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) IIC WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON 10-25-2006, CIRRUS N121LD WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO THE GRAND CANYON NATIONAL AIRPORT. UPON REACHING A LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTH OF THE MORMON MESA VOR, THE PILOT OF N121LD OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE IMC CONDITIONS AHEAD OF, AND ON HIS DESIRED FLIGHT COURSE. AT THIS POINT THE PIC OBTAINED AN IFR CLEARANCE FROM CENTER TO TRANSITION THROUGH THIS WEATHER. INITIALLY THE PIC RECEIVED AN ALTITUDE CLEARANCE OF 11,000 FEET DUE TO A TRAFFIC CONFLICT, AND WAS THEN CLEARED TO 13,000 FEET. WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 5-7 MINUTES OF FLIGHT INTO THIS WEATHER, THE PIC OF N121LD REPORTED THAT HE WAS PICKING UP ICING EVERYWHERE UPON HIS AIRCRAFT. AT THIS POINT LA CENTER LOST RADAR CONTACT WITH THE N121LD, AND THE WRECKAGE SITE WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 68 MILES DME OFF THE LAS 065 DEGREE RADIAL.

## 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 LAX07FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07FA021), Oct 25, 2006: Cirrus SR22 (N121LD), Meadview, AZ, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation and continued flight into forecasted icing conditions. Contributing to the severity of the accident was the pilot's failure to follow proper operating…

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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